Cspr;religion and Hume's Legacy

Whether one agrees with him or not, there is no avoiding the challenge of Hume for contemporary philosophy of religion. The symposia in this stimulating collection reveal why, whether the discussions concern Hume on metaphysics and religion, 'true religion', religion and ethics, religion and superstition, or miracles. For some, Hume's criticisms of religion are so devastating that religion cannot withstand them. Others disagree, and claim that Hume can be answered on his own terms. For others, while Hume shows us paths we should not take, these open up the way for a consideration of religious possibilities he never considered. These are not peripheral matters. The responses to them determine the style and spirit in which one pursues philosophy of religion today.

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R.W. BEARDSMORE previously, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Wales, Swansea MARTIN BELL Professor of Philosophy, Manchester Metropolitan University SIMON BLACKBURN Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill WILLIAM H. BRENNER Teaches at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia STEPHEN T. DAVIS Professor Philosophy and Religion, Claremont McKenna College M. Jamie FERREIRA Professor of Philosophy of Religion, University of Virginia, Charlottesville ANTONY FLEW Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading VAN A. HARVEY Retired in 1996 as George Edwin Burnell Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University PETER JONES Professor of Philosophy, University of Edinburgh JANE MACINTYRE Professor of Philosophy, Cleveland State University NANCY MURPHY Associate Professor of Christian Philosophy, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena B.R. TILGHMAN Retired in 1994 as Professor of Philosophy, Kansas State University.

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Acknowledgements List of Contributors Introduction; D.Z.Phillips PART ONE: HUME'S EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND MORAL CRITIQUE Playing Hume's Hand; S.Blackburn Morality and Religion: Towards Meeting Hume's Challenge; W.H.Brenner Voices in Discussion; D.Z.Phillips PART TWO: HUME'S TRUE RELIGION Hume's Mitigated Scepticism: Some Implications for Religious Belief; M.J.Ferreira Is there anything Religious about Philo's True Religion ?; Van A.Harvey Is Hume's True Religion a Religious Belief?; D.Z.Phillips Voices in Discussion; D.Z.Phillips PART THREE: HUME ON MIRACLES Hume and the Miracles; R.W.Beardsmore Beardsmore on Hume on Miracles; S.T.Davis Voices in Discussion; D.Z.Phillips PART FOUR: HUME ON SUPERSTITION Hume on Superstition; M.Bell Passion and Artifice in Hume's Account of Superstition; J.L.MacIntyre Voices in Discussion; D.Z.Phillips PART FIVE: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION AFTER HUME Can Religion Be Rational?; A.Flew Overcoming Hume on His Own Terms; N.Murphy Religion After Hume: Tightrope Walking in An Age of Enlightenment; B.R.Tilghman Voices in Discussion; D.Z.Phillips PART SIX: HUME IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT Hume on Context, Sentiment and Testimony in Religion; P.Jones Index