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Musing on the often acrimonious debate between atheists and believers, Simon Blackburn takes as his inspiration David Hume, who approached the issue not with hatred but with humour (Times Higher Education)

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"David Hume is widely recognized as providing the most influential statement of the “compatibilist” position in the free will debate — the view that freedom and moral responsibility can be reconciled with (causal) determinism. The arguments that Hume advances on this subject are found primarily in the sections titled “Of liberty and necessity”, as first presented in A Treatise of Human Nature (2.3.1-2) and, later, in a slightly amended form, in the Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (sec. 8). Although there is considerable overlap in content between these two statements of Hume's position, there are also some significant differences. This includes, for example, some substantial additions in the Enquiry discussion as it relates to problems of religion, such as predestination and divine foreknowledge. While these differences are certainly significant they should not be exaggerated. Hume's basic strategy and compatibilist commitments in both works remain the same in their essentials"

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"When I first started reading Paul’s work about Hume and free will, I couldn’t believe that Hume was a full blown compatibilist. In particular, I wondered whether Hume’s true views about free will might have been kept somewhat hidden, like his views about religion, until after his death. So I did some digging, and actually exchanged some lengthy emails with Paul about the topic, focusing on Hume’s later works." (>-- The Garden of Forking Paths --<: )

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