Abstract

It is part of the received history of Western civilization that David Hume, the famous Scottish philosopher and historian, is an unavowed opponent of all things religious. He is a dismantler of theistic proofs, a disbeliever in the life to come and miracles, and a railer against all forms of religious practices, like prayer and worship. But above all, Hume is reputed to be a champion of secularism and skepticism, since he has conclusively shown that belief in God is a vestige from an earlier, unsophisticated age...