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, professor of philosophy at , lectures about “Hume’s Defense of True Religion” Thursday, Sept. 6, from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. at in ���ϰٿ�’s Kerrwood Hall. The talk, based on an essay in a forthcoming anthology from Notre Dame University Press, is free and open to the public.

, ���ϰٿ� professor of philosophy, says many scholars think that the was an anti-religion agnostic — or even a closet atheist. “However, Dr. Hardy reads Hume as an Enlightenment deist who likes the design argument for God’s existence and is critical only of what Hume calls ‘vulgar religion,’ as opposed to ‘genuine theism.’”

Hardy, who has written several research papers, published a book, “,” which describes the philosophy of labor and explores career choice, management and job design.

Hardy earned a bachelor’s degree from , master’s degrees from and the and a doctorate from Duquesne. In 2007, Calvin College gave him the .