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Hume's Use of His Characters in, Dialogues Concerning Natura

" (55). This is a direct piece of Hume's philosophy transplanted in to his book. The irony is in the fact that the same character later assumes matters of fact as true based on the use of an analogy and not direct experiences. Hume is also implying by this contradiction that it is easy to start out with one set of principles and change them back when it seems fit in order to prove your point. .
             In response to the claim that reason will lead to the nature of God, he introduces a character who sees the nature of God revealed by faith alone. Demea provides Fideist values directly contrasting the rational approach. Hume was not a fideist and does not directly associate himself with Demea's beliefs. His purpose of Demea is to show that faith alone does not provide one with enough evidence to discover the true nature of God. Hume portrays the weakness one possesses if they base all their religion on faith alone to decipher the nature of God. The ideas and science brought into the world during the 18th century by philosophers contradicted many faith claims concerning the existence of God. Demea gets offended by Philo in his description of the corrupt and evil world that God created. When the conversation between the three men gets too heated on the topic of evil in the world Demea can not stand it and walks out. .
             Philo also represents Hume's real attitude towards the use of reason. In Part I, Philo emphasizes the weakness of reason especially when applied to something as transcendental as religious matters when he says, "We know not how far we ought to trust our vulgar methods of reasoning in such a subject," (7). Based on his argument we have no good reason to believe in God. This thought reflects Hume's overall conclusion that everything we claim to know has no rational thought behind it. This makes it pointless to believe in something if there is no way to know if it is even true. This represents Hume's real philosophical belief that experiences do not provide enough information to determine what is correct, leading him towards agnostic beliefs.


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