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Is Dialogues Part XII Hume's "death bed conversion moment" to theism?

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Is Dialogues Part XII Hume's "death bed conversion moment" to theism?
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Is Dialogues Part XII Hume's "death bed conversion moment" to theism?
June 24, 2014 at 6:10 am (This post was last modified: June 24, 2014 at 6:12 am by Mudhammam.)
I just finished reading Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and I don't know what to make of the conclusion. The work, which Hume began in 1750, was not completed until Hume realized he was dying in 1776, and at the close of the work, he has the main antagonist Philo seem to concede the entire argument that he has up to this point been forcefully objecting to: that there is a mind or intelligence analogous to the human mind behind the order in the Universe. This completely contradicts not only Philo's earlier sentiments but Hume's life work as well, at least I assume from my limited knowledge of it. What do you make of this?
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