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David Hume on Human Conceptions of God


Hume on Religion - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

In this section Hume emphasizes the point that God's being is “so different, and so much superior” to human nature that we are not able to form ...

David Hume: Religion - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

As such, Hume rejects the truth of any revealed religion, and further shows that, when corrupted with inappropriate passions, religion has harmful consequences ...

Reflections on Hume on Religion | Adam Smith Works

Hume believes that religion “perverts” our natural moral sentiments and makes it difficult to rationally grasp the true nature of God. Given the ...

David Hume | Beliefs & Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

David Hume stated that a belief in God was non-sensical as God was only an idea that couldn't be experienced through human senses.

David Hume on Human Conceptions of God | Quotes at Afterall.net

1757 The universal propensity to believe in invisible, intelligent power, if not an original instinct, being at least a general attendant of human nature.

Hume's Two Concepts of God - jstor

The upshot of the discussion is that, in Hume's view, a scientist of human nature may ignore the notion of God as a fruitful rival ... L=The Letters of David Hume ...

What is David Hume's idea of God? - Quora

But - what he did is that he said that God is to be found thru morality, freedom therefor and human autonomy that will be the result of true ...

David Hume and God - Benjamin Studebaker

All things that happen, and all human behaviours, derive ultimately from the physical laws that govern the universe, and so consequently all ...

Sect. XIII. Impious conceptions of the divine nature in popular ...

... David Hume, and links to secondary material on the web ... After God had thus kept the far greater part of all the human species, during near 4000 years ...

Hume's conclusions on the existence and nature of God

This combination of skepticism and empiricism leads many to presume that, regarding the question of God, Hume is an atheist or, at best, an agnostic. While it ...

Hume on religion, part 1: The agnostic philosopher | Julian Baggini

The only fly in the ointment is the very strong evidence that he wasn't an atheist at all, but an agnostic. There is a thread of uncertainty ...

What impact did David Hume have on the Christian faith?

Hume believed that it was normal and natural to believe in God's existence but that the believer must realize that this belief cannot be ...

David Hume (1711—1776) - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Against the common belief of the time that God's existence could be proven through a design or causal argument, Hume offered compelling criticisms of standard ...

natural history - Hume Texts Online

Thus, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, became the supreme deity or Jehovah of the Jews. N 6.9, Bea 54. The Jacobins, who denied the immaculate conception, ...

Hume and Kant on the Nature of God | by Paul Austin Murphy

According to Immanuel Kant, God is experience- or evidence-transcendent. In this sense, he quite agreed with David Hume.

The relevance of Hume's natural history of religion for cognitive ...

human nature (the domain of cognitive science of religion). 1. Introduction. David Hume was fascinated by the psychological origins of religious beliefs. His.

David Hume's Philosophy: Theory, God and Solipsism

⚫Hume's empiricism asserts all human ideas originate from sensory impressions, challenging abstract concepts and emphasising the need for ...

Hume's Two Concepts of God | Philosophy | Cambridge Core

Firstly, Hume considers the notion of God as an explanatory cause, and rejects it; secondly, he considers the notion of God as the name of a ...

Natural History of Religion - Early Modern Texts

How much more must human conception fall short of his infinite perfections? ... David Hume. Natural History of Religion is trying to stop the ocean with a ...

Hume, David (1711–76) - Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Hume sees monotheistic religions to be intellectually less 'ridiculous' than the polytheism from which they develop, but to be, morally speaking, much worse.