Número 23 - 2002
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Hume and the Naturalization of Religion

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  • Juan Andrés Mercado
Juan Andrés Mercado
CONICET, Argentina / CONICET, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v23i1.295

Published 2013-11-28

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Mercado, J. A. (2013). Hume and the Naturalization of Religion. Tópicos, Revista De Filosofía, 23(1), 133–148. https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v23i1.295
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Abstract

David Hume wrote several works on religious matters. His Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion presents his ideas on natural theology and the so-called natural religion. My aim in this study is to stress some aspects of his Natural History of Religion, in which he presents a deductive history of religious institutions. By "deductive" I mean a method with a preconception of the subject of study, which is interpreted within this framework. Such a method usually produces a very limited conception of the issue. However, Hume's brilliant style and sharp criticism, which is indebted to Bayle's works, has been very successful in modeling the way we adress religious affairs.

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