Hume's Philosophy of Belief: Is Religious Belief Natural Belief?

Öz

Among the politics of belief that we encounter in Early Modern Philosophy, Hume's concept of natural belief is known as a problematic area to understand. Although Hume develops a concept of belief based on sensation and sensation, the fact that it is controversial to consider it as an empiricist method when considered together with his scepticism is related to the fact that he sees the method he develops as a natural tendency and habit rather than an inferential method. Whether Hume's natural belief has an epistemic basis or not is one of the main goals of this article, while determining whether he considers religious belief as natural belief or not is among the secondary goals of this article. Our argument is that Hume treats natural belief as a non-epistemic form of belief based on emotion, and religious belief as natural belief. In our study, how the concepts of natural belief and religious belief are understood according to Hume is presented, discussions about these concepts are included, and a conclusion is reached that religious belief is natural belief according to him.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Philosophy of Religion
• Rationality
• Natural Belief
• Religious Belief
• Hume

HUME’UN İNANÇ FELSEFESİ: DİNİ İNANÇ, DOĞAL İNANÇ MIDIR?

Öz

Erken Modern Dönem felsefesinde karşılaştığımız inanç politikaları arasında Hume’un doğal inanç kavramı, anlaşılması problemli bir alan olarak bilinir. Hume, his ve duyum temelli bir inanç kavramı geliştirse de bunu empirist bir yöntem olarak değerlendirmenin, şüpheciliği ile birlikte düşünüldüğünde tartışmalı olması, geliştirdiği yöntemi çıkarımsal bir yöntem olarak nitelemesinden ziyade doğal bir eğilim ve alışkanlık olarak görmesi ile ilişkilidir. Hume’un geliştirdiği doğal inancın epistemik bir temeli olup olmadığı bu makalenin temel hedeflerinden biri olmakla birlikte, dini inancı, doğal inanç olarak değerlendirip değerlendirmediğini belirlemek, bu makalenin ikincil hedefleri arasında yer alır. Savunumuz, Hume’un doğal inancı duyguya dayalı epistemik olmayan bir inanç biçimi, dini inancı ise doğal inanç olarak ele aldığı yönündedir. Çalışmamızda Hume’a göre doğal inanç ve dini inanç kavramlarının nasıl anlaşıldığı ortaya konmuş, bu kavramlarla ilgili tartışmalara yer verilmiş ve ona göre dini inancın doğal inanç olduğu yönünde bir kanaate ulaşılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• din felsefesi
• rasyonellik
• doğal inanç
• dini inanç
• hume

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