Section XI Of a Particular Providence and of a Future State

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"Section XI Of a Particular Providence and of a Future State" is a section of David Hume’s philosophical work *An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding* in which he critically examines arguments for divine providence and the immortality of the soul.

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instanceOf chapter ⓘ
philosophical text section ⓘ
aimsTo limit religious claims to what can be supported by experience ⓘ
argues human experience does not justify belief in a future state ⓘ
human experience does not justify belief in a particular providence ⓘ
religious doctrines that go beyond experience lack rational foundation ⓘ
we cannot infer divine moral government from the observed world ⓘ
author David Hume ⓘ
containedIn first edition of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Great Britain ⓘ
criticizes claims of a particular providence based on limited human experience ⓘ
inferences from the order of nature to divine attributes ⓘ
rational proofs of the soul’s immortality ⓘ
examines arguments for a future state ⓘ
arguments for a particular providence ⓘ
arguments for the immortality of the soul ⓘ
arguments from design ⓘ
religious belief based on experience ⓘ
genre early modern philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of religion essay ⓘ
hasPerspective anti-dogmatic ⓘ
religious skepticism ⓘ
influenced Enlightenment skepticism about natural theology ⓘ
later debates in philosophy of religion ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic divine providence ⓘ
future state ⓘ
immortality of the soul ⓘ
natural religion ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
originalPublicationMedium print ⓘ
partOf An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ
philosophicalDomain epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophicalTradition empiricism ⓘ
positionInWork Section XI ⓘ
publishedIn 1748 ⓘ
questions whether divine justice can be inferred from worldly events ⓘ
whether observed order implies a benevolent deity ⓘ
whether reason can establish life after death ⓘ
relatedWork Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion ⓘ
Section X Of Miracles ⓘ
setIn 18th-century Enlightenment context ⓘ
usesMethod analysis of causal reasoning ⓘ
empirical skepticism ⓘ
workByPhilosopher David Hume ⓘ

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