Identify a true statement about Hume concerning the arguments for the existence of God. Select one: a. His empiricist epistemological principles rule out the possibility of any meaningful ontological argument. b. He was highly supportive of the teleological arguments for the existence of God. c. He refrained from criticizing the appropriateness of the analogies involved in the arguments from design. d. His criticism of the ontological argument comes from a critical view of the process of reasoning itself.

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Hayley Daniel

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12 November, 08:21

Identify a true statement about Hume concerning the arguments for the existence of God. Select one: a. His empiricist epistemological principles rule out the possibility of any meaningful ontological argument. b. He was highly supportive of the teleological arguments for the existence of God. c. He refrained from criticizing the appropriateness of the analogies involved in the arguments from design. d. His criticism of the ontological argument comes from a critical view of the process of reasoning itself.

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Paxton Cameron · Answer 1

Answer: a. His empiricist epistemological principles rule out the possibility of any meaningful ontological argument.

Explanation:

Hume understood that knowledge is restricted to sensory impressions, and the development of that idea allows him to introduce a systematic, skeptical critique of the philosophical foundations of many teleological arguments.

To undermine the religious justifications, doctrines, and dogmas of classic theistic faith was one of his fundamental theoretical objectives.