Then, digging deeper, we shall try our hand at a critique of his critique of religion, of resurrecting a natural belief in God. ... What Hume seeks to show is the failure of this argument to establish the type of deity that belief in a particular providence or divine action must require one to assert. ... Causes are to be known from effects alone; to ascribe to it any superfluous qualities goes beyond the bounds of strict logical reasoning. ... Hume countered this thinking because it constructed belief and certainty out of mere possibility. ... No one character fully presents the force of Hume...

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Hume looks at how our casual reasoning is based upon the impressions we have of our world. ... Hume also makes an example of eggs. ... That is known as casual reasoning. There is one exception to Hume's rule. ... He is reasoning from existence no toward existence. ...

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He who confronts the paradoxical exposes himself to reality. -- Friedrich Durrenmatt Reality is the actuality of things, what is really happening, without interpretation. Perception is that interpretation of the experience. Let's say for example that the reality of things may be that you are i...

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Locke discussed the modes of the simple ideas of reflection such as remembering, reasoning and judging. ... Like Descartes, Locke trusts that God assures the reliability of his sensory beliefs. Locke's belief in the existence of God is argumentative. ... John Locke and David Hume upheld the belief that sensible things were composed of material substance, the basic framework for the materialist position. ... Hume Defuse the threat to empiricism. ...

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