Hume’s Reflection on Religion: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées, cartea 178

I Hume’s Scrutiny of Religion: Its Theoretical Foundations, Historical Roots, and Ultimate Goals.- 1 Humex2019;s Philosophical Project and his Reflection on Religion.- 2 Brief Historical Setting of Hume’s Investigation of Religion.- II The Origin, Development and Historical Effects of Religious Beliefs.- 3 The Nature of Hume’s Investigation of Religion.- 4 The Conception of the Phenomenon to be Investigated.- 5 The Origin of Religion: Critical Exposition of Hume’s Theory.- 6 Religion and History.- 7 Belief and Faith.- 8 The Ethical Depreciation of Religion.- III Hume’s Natural Theology: The Critique of the Presumed Validity of Religious Beliefs.- 9 From Historical Religion to Natural Religion.- 10 The Impassable Path of A Priori Reasoning: Analysis of Hume’s Critique of the Ontological Argument and Its Foundations.- 11 The Rejection of Miracles: An Attempt to Elucidate the Import of Hume’s Critique.- 12 The Uncertain Path of Empirical Reasoning, Part I: The Unfolding of Hume’s Critique of the Argument from Design.- 13 The Uncertain Path of Empirical Reasoning, Part II: The Critique of the Argument from Design in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.- IV General Conclusions.- 14 The Natural and Reasonable Character of the Belief in an Intellligent Author of the Universe.

`This scholar and well-written volume addresses itself first and foremost to Hume specialists, but also to those with deep-going interest in selected topics in the philosophy of religion and in philosophical theory.'
Acta Comparanda XIII