Abstract
At the beginning of the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, David Hume addresses the relation between reason and justified belief in God. In the voice of Philo, he proposes as a central epistemic thesis that If we distrust human reason we have now no other principle to lead us into religion. [For, Hume warns] … sceptics in one age, dogmatists in another — whichever system best suits the purpose of these reverend gentlemen in giving them an ascendant over mankind — they are sure to make it their favorite principle and established tenet.1
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