ヒューム哲学における神の信念

―デザイン論証批判と、人間本性からの信仰論―

抄録

David Hume is renowned for his objection to the design argument. However, in his book Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Philo appears to believe in God although he is against the design argument. Why does Hume allow Philo to have faith? To answer this question, I think we should not resort to the concept of natural beliefs because in Hume's other writings he explains that people can believe in God by virtue of some principles of human nature. In this paper, I answer this question by elucidating that Hume considered that a belief in God can be explained by passion, imagination, customs and education.