Hume's 'Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion': A Reader's Guide

by Andrew Pyle

Book Overview

Hume's Dialogues provide a classic exposition and critique of the famous 'Argument to Design', the attempt to prove the existence and properties of a designing intelligence or God from the phenomena of Nature, notably the functional contrivance of the parts of plants and animals. As such, it raises questions of central interest in both philosophy and theology. This is a hugely important and exciting, yet challenging, piece of philosophical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082647568X
• ISBN13: 9780826475688
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Great introduction for the beginner

This book is meant to be an introduction for someone that doesnt have a good background in philosophy. It is easy to read and states things in simplistic terms. The author gives many examples from real life situations when he wants to explain an idea. He manages successfully to introduce the reader to Hume's original work. Key passages are quoted and well explained. This is the first book that I have read in the Reader's Guide series and thanks to it I plan to get more titles.