An Approach to the Unkown Aspects of Hume’s Philosophical System about Constructing a New Worldview without God

Abstract

One of the debates concerning Hume’s Philosophy is whether he believes in God. Through investigating his own works and extraction of his assertions concerning God, we try in this paper to examine the internal consistency of his system. In order to do this, we shall analytically examine whether the current tags attached to him are consistent with implications of his works. This research shows that it is problematic to call him an “atheist” or an “agnostic”. Furthermore, the findings of this paper shows that his minimal belief in God can be found in all of his works. Finally, according to the results, it is suggested to call him a weak or non-dogmatic agnostic.

Keywords

• minimal belief in god
• philosophical reason
• natural religion
• weak or non-dogmatic agnostic
• david hume