Spectres of False Divinity - Hume's Moral Atheism

Zusatztext Spectres of False Divinity is an impressive work. Holden is in firm control of the evidence he marshals in support of his principal thesis about Hume's moral atheism. ... the frequent inclusion of interesting and illuminating historical material is one of the excellences of the book. Another virtue is the uniformly scrupulous attention Holden pays to objections and even some possible objections to the various claims he makes. Informationen zum Autor Thomas Holden is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of The Architecture of Matter: Galileo to Kant. (OUP, 2004). Klappentext Thomas Holden presents a historical and critical interpretation of Hume's rejection of the existence of a deity with moral attributes. Hume's 'moral atheism' is a central plank both of his naturalistic agenda in metaphysics and his secularizing program in moral theory. It threatens to rule out any religion that would make claims on moral practice. Zusammenfassung Thomas Holden presents a historical and critical interpretation of Hume's rejection of the existence of a deity with moral attributes. Hume's 'moral atheism' is a central plank both of his naturalistic agenda in metaphysics and his secularizing program in moral theory. It threatens to rule out any religion that would make claims on moral practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Abbreviations 1: Hume's Moral Atheism 2: Mitigated Skepticism and Hume's Liminal Natural Theology 3: The Argument from Sentimentalism 1: Hume's Critique of Religious Passions 4: The Argument from Sentimentalism 2: Religious Passions and the Deity's Moral Status 5: The Argument from Motivation 6: The Arguments from Evil 7: The Arguments from Determinism Conclusion Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Thomas Holden, Thomas (University of California Holden, Holden Thomas
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.05.2010
• EAN: 9780199579945
• ISBN: 978-0-19-957994-5
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Atheism, RELIGION / Agnosticism, Philosophy of religion, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Agnosticism and atheism, Agnosticism & Atheism