Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
by David Hume · first published 1779
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Through dialogue, three fictional characters named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God's existence. While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply in opinion on God's nature or attributes and how, or if, humankind can come to knowledge of a deity. In the Dialogues, Hume's characters debate a number of arguments for the existence of God, and arguments through which we may come to know the nature of God. Such topics debated include the argument from design -- fo
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Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogues_Concerning_Natural_Re...). A tour de force rebuttal of the watchmaker and other creationist arguments. He did not allow it to be published during his lifetime for…
on “Ask HN: Can anyone recommend some philosophy reading?” ↗Yes, Hume is one of my favourite writers. I'd recommend his Enquiries Concerning Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals, and his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
on “How David Hume Helped Solve My Midlife Crisis” ↗Was it a reference to “Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion” by David Hume? That book debunked the arguments by design 50 years before the watchmaker parabola was written: “If we survey a ship, what an exalted idea must we form of the ingenuity of the carpenter…
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