An analysis of David Hume's Dialogues concerning natural religion

著者

    • Donaldson, John
    • Jackson, Ian

書誌事項

An analysis of David Hume's Dialogues concerning natural religion

John Donaldson with Ian Jackson

(The Macat library)

Routledge, c2017

  • : pbk
  • : hbk

タイトル別名

A Macat analysis of David Hume's Dialogues concerning natural religion

A Macat analysis : David Hume's Dialogues concerning natural religion

Dialogue concerning natural religion

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Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

内容説明

David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical classic that displays a powerful mastery of the critical thinking skills of reasoning and evaluation. Hume's subject, the question of the existence and possible nature of God, was, and still is, a persistent topic of philosophical and theological debate. What makes Hume's text a classic of reasoning, though, is less what he says, than how he says it. As he noted in his preface to the book, the question of 'natural religion' was unanswerable: so 'obscure and uncertain' that 'human reason can reach no fixed determination with regard to it.' Hume chose, as a result, to cast his thoughts on the topic in the form of a dialogue - allowing different points of view to be reasoned out, evaluated and answered by different characters. Considering and judging different or opposing points of view, as Hume's characters do, is an important part of reasoning, and is vital to building strong persuasive arguments. Even if, as Hume suggests, there can be no final answer to what a god might be like, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion shows high-level reasoning and evaluation at their best.

目次

Ways in to the text Who was David Hume? What does Dialogue Concerning Natural Religion Say? Why does Dialogue Concerning Natural Religion Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BB25330786
  • ISBN
    • 9781912128952
    • 9781912303007
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    London
  • ページ数/冊数
    88 p.
  • 大きさ
    21 cm
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