, professor of philosophy at , lectures about 鈥淗ume鈥檚 Defense of True Religion鈥� Thursday, Sept. 6, from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. at in 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 Kerrwood Hall. The talk, based on an essay in a forthcoming anthology from Notre Dame University Press, is free and open to the public.
, 蜜桃传媒 professor of philosophy, says many scholars think that the was an anti-religion agnostic 鈥� or even a closet atheist. 鈥淗owever, Dr. Hardy reads Hume as an Enlightenment deist who likes the design argument for God鈥檚 existence and is critical only of what Hume calls 鈥榲ulgar religion,鈥� as opposed to 鈥榞enuine theism.鈥欌��
Hardy, who has written several research papers, published a book, 鈥�,鈥� which describes the philosophy of labor and explores career choice, management and job design.
Hardy earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree from , master鈥檚 degrees from and the and a doctorate from Duquesne. In 2007, Calvin College gave him the .