TY - GEN N2 - Why did David Hume feel so deeply about publishing 'The Dialouges Concerning Natural Religion' that he set aside funds in his will providing for its posthumous publication? Part of the answer is that it provided a literary, satirical work responding to his mean-spirited theological critics. Robert J. Fogelin provides a textual analysis that demonstrates the close relationship of 'The Dialogues' with his central philosophical writings and its centrality to his relationship with skepticism. AB - Why did David Hume feel so deeply about publishing 'The Dialouges Concerning Natural Religion' that he set aside funds in his will providing for its posthumous publication? Part of the answer is that it provided a literary, satirical work responding to his mean-spirited theological critics. Robert J. Fogelin provides a textual analysis that demonstrates the close relationship of 'The Dialogues' with his central philosophical writings and its centrality to his relationship with skepticism. T1 - Hume's presence in the dialogues concerning natural religion / AU - Fogelin, Robert J., CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - BL51 ID - 799002 KW - Religion SN - 9780190673536 TI - Hume's presence in the dialogues concerning natural religion / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190673505.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190673505.001.0001 ER -