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David Hume provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 16 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

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This free course, David Hume, examines Hume's reasons for being complacent in the face of death, as these are laid out in his suppressed essay of 1755, 'Of the immortality of the soul'. More ...

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Prelude: Hume's death
- 1 Prelude: Hume's death
- 2 From enlightenment to romanticism
- 2 From enlightenment to romanticism
- 2.1 Working through the section
- 3 The intellectual background
- 3 The intellectual background
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Empiricism
- 3.3 Deism
- 3.4 Proving God's existence
- 4 Hume on life after death
- 4 Hume on life after death
- 4.1 Why was our immortality an issue?
- 4.2 Moral grounds for thinking we are immortal
- 4.3 Physical grounds for thinking we are immortal
- 5 Hume on suicide
- 5 Hume on suicide
- 5.1 The reception of Hume's views
- 5.2 Philosophy, religion and everyday life
- 5.3 Do we have a duty to God not to commit suicide?
- 5.4 Assessing Hume's views
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements

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English
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Date of Start
30th December, 2022
Level
Intermediate
Price
Free Certificate
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