Hume, Causation and Two Arguments Concerning God

In Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Hume (1779/1993) appeals to his account of causation (among other things) to undermine certain arguments for the existence of God. If ‘anything can cause anything’, as Hume claims, then the Principle of Causal Adequacy is false; and if the Principle of Causa...

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Main Author: Megill, Jason (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2014]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 169-177
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hume, David 1711-1776, Dialogues concerning natural religion / Causality / Existence of God
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
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