The riddle of Hume's Treatise : skepticism, naturalism, and irreligion / Paul Russell.
The riddle of Hume's Treatise : skepticism, naturalism, and irreligion / Paul Russell.
The riddle of Hume's Treatise : skepticism, naturalism, and irreligion / Paul Russell.
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New York : Oxford University Press, c2008.
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English
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xvi, 424 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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I. Riddles, Critics, and Monsters: Text and Context -- 1. The Riddle -- 2. "Atheism" and Hume's Early Critics -- 3. Religious Philosophers and Speculative Atheists -- 4. Newtonianism, Freethought, and Hume's Scottish Context -- 5. The Monster of Atheism: Its Being and Attributes -- II. The Form and...
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New York : Oxford University Press, c2008.
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New York (State)
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c2008.
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"This book argues that irreligious aims and objectives are fundamental to the Treatise and account fur its underlying unity and coherence. It is Hume's basic anti-Christian aims and objectives that serve to shape and direct both his skeptical and naturalistic commitments. When Hume's arguments are viewed from this perspective we can not only solve...
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The riddle of Hume's Treatise : skepticism, naturalism, and irreligion / Paul Russell.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2008.
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0195110331 (alk. paper)
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128
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