Science and the Humanities in Humeâs Philosophy of Religion

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In Chapter 2, âScience and the Humanities in Humeâs Philosophy of Religion,â Philip MacEwen contends that, unlike our âtwo-cultureâ view of science and the humanities, David Hume had a âone-cultureâ view, treating all human learning under the rubric of âthe science of manâ which he divided into seven disciplines: mathematics, natural philosophy, natural religion, logic, morals, criticism, and politics. One can still detect a dividing line between the first three disciplines and the last four. According to Hume, the first three are in some measure dependent on the science of man, since they are mediated to a certain extent by human thought and judged accordingly, while the last four are entirely dependent on it. Thus, it is possible to read our two- culture view of science and the humanities into Humeâs one-culture view of the sciences. Applying this insight to Humeâs Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, MacEwen argues that we can makes sense of two competing strands of thought in it (Philoâs skepticism regarding natural religion and his heartfelt confession that no one has a deeper sense of [natural] religion than he.) and resolve the competition between them. If we put these two strands together, we get Philoâs one-culture verdict at the end of the Dialogues which is remarkable for both its rationality and sensitivity: the causes of the order of the universe probably have some remote analogy to human intelligence, to which the most inquisitive, contemplative, and religious person must admit that the supporting evidence exceeds the contrary.

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Idealist Alternatives to Materialist Philosophies of Science

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