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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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RE: Is Dialogues Part XII Hume's "death bed conversion moment" to theism?
June 24, 2014 at 1:36 pm
I always took it to mean that Hume was a deist and considered god as a placeholder for things yet unexplained. In no way does this admission invalidate his previous arguments and resulting conclusions that god is unprovable and unknowable.
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RE: Is Dialogues Part XII Hume's "death bed conversion moment" to theism? - by Cato - June 24, 2014 at 1:36 pm

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