
I shall first inquire what Hume understands by reasonable belief and by natural belief. some people it is as natural (and as rational) to believe in God as to believe in an external world.

More recently John Hick has argued that for. Butler, Hume argues in the Dialogues that belief in God is of this sort. Examples are belief in an external world and belief in the veracity of our senses.


Hume's doctrine of natural belief allows that certain beliefs are justifiably held by all men without regard to the quality of the evidence which may be produced in their favour.
