RA041: Joe Campbell on Hume's Refutation of the Cosmological Argument
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English - July 04, 2023 14:15 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsPhilosophy Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality atheism naturalism philosophyofreligion schieber theism watkins Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: RA040: Jeffrey Jay Lowder on Philosophy of Religion
In this episode Ben Watkins continues his series on Hume with a look at section IX of Hume's Dialogue's Concerning Natural Religion. Section IX finds Hume's Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes presenting and subjecting to analysis a cosmological argument for the existence of God. Ben and Dr. Joe Campbell discuss the argument as presented and the various criticisms that Hume brings to bear through his three characters.
Dr. Joe Campbell's paper on Section IX of the Dialogues.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40026984