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Posted by on Mar 2, 2009 in Uncategorized | 4 comments

Baggini on Hume (IV)

Julian’s 4th piece on Hume is up on the Guardian website. Still no defence of his claim that:

The most pressing and telling critiques of religion not only cannot, but should not, attempt to deliver any fatal blows…

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  1. According to Julian’s twitter: “Reading Hume: Beliefs form an interconnected whole. That’s why there are no knock-down arguments against religion.”I think I’d need to see the evidence for the first part of this argument – why do beliefs form an interconnected whole? And how does this suggest there are no knock-down arguments against religion? Does this not pre-suppose that atheism is a belief?

  2. Emma – that sounds like an argument that knock down arguments against anything are impossible.I wonder if it’s supposed to be a knock-down argument?!

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