David Hume on the Deductive Proofs of the Divine Existence in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/aither.2022.002" target="_blank" >10.5507/aither.2022.002</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

David Hume on the Deductive Proofs of the Divine Existence in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The article aims at critically exploring David Hume’s analysis of the divine being with respect to the widely accepted cosmological argument. The Part IX of Hume’s work in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion reflects the formulation of the cosmological argument in the form of a deductive proof through the voice of a character named Demea. The author then counters Demea’s version of this argument through the voice of his next important character named Cleanthes. Before probing directly into Hume’s deductive argument, I have reviewed St. Thomas Aquinas’ cosmological proof at the back-ground which acted as a source for Hume’s cosmological argument. In this context, I have initially reconstructed Aquinas’ ‘Third Way’ in particular from his book, Summa theologiae, as the ‘Third Way’ corresponds to Demea’s version of the cosmological argument. Aquinas’ version of the cosmological argument was later reformulated by Samuel Clarke and Hume directly challenges Clarke’s version of the cosmological argument. Accordingly, I have reconstructed the first two sections of Clarke’s arguments from his book, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God. Finally, I have examined Hume’s version of the cosmological argument and his counter arguments in detail and then rebuilt them in the form of deductive logic. The research brings into limelight some interesting commonalities and contrasts between the arguments of Aquinas, Demea and Cleanthes which I have included in the concluding part of this paper before closing the whole discussion.

Název v anglickém jazyce

David Hume on the Deductive Proofs of the Divine Existence in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

Popis výsledku anglicky

The article aims at critically exploring David Hume’s analysis of the divine being with respect to the widely accepted cosmological argument. The Part IX of Hume’s work in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion reflects the formulation of the cosmological argument in the form of a deductive proof through the voice of a character named Demea. The author then counters Demea’s version of this argument through the voice of his next important character named Cleanthes. Before probing directly into Hume’s deductive argument, I have reviewed St. Thomas Aquinas’ cosmological proof at the back-ground which acted as a source for Hume’s cosmological argument. In this context, I have initially reconstructed Aquinas’ ‘Third Way’ in particular from his book, Summa theologiae, as the ‘Third Way’ corresponds to Demea’s version of the cosmological argument. Aquinas’ version of the cosmological argument was later reformulated by Samuel Clarke and Hume directly challenges Clarke’s version of the cosmological argument. Accordingly, I have reconstructed the first two sections of Clarke’s arguments from his book, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God. Finally, I have examined Hume’s version of the cosmological argument and his counter arguments in detail and then rebuilt them in the form of deductive logic. The research brings into limelight some interesting commonalities and contrasts between the arguments of Aquinas, Demea and Cleanthes which I have included in the concluding part of this paper before closing the whole discussion.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

AITHÉR

ISSN

1803-7860

e-ISSN

1803-7860

Svazek periodika

13

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

26

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

42-59

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85130099694