A Defense of Hume on MiraclesPrinceton University Press, 25 Μαρ 2010 - 128 σελίδες Since its publication in the mid-eighteenth century, Hume's discussion of miracles has been the target of severe and often ill-tempered attacks. In this book, one of our leading historians of philosophy offers a systematic response to these attacks. |
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... reports, en- tirely overlooked and neglected. With time, the roles have re- versed. Middleton's work (somewhat sadly) has fallen into obscurity, while Hume's discussion of miracles continues to attract serious attention. INTRODUCTION.
... attention. Hume's essay “OfMiracles” appears as section 10 of his Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Hume had originally planned to include a discussion on this topic in his Treatise of Human Nature but, for reasons of prudence ...
... attention to these opening general reflections. Here we will proceed more slowly. Hume begins his argument by reminding his readers of the complexity and fallibility of causal reasoning. Though experience be our only guide in reasoning ...
... attention, and exactness are required, to form a right judgment, and to proportion the assent to the different evidence and probability of the thing; which rises and falls, according as those two foundations of credibility, viz. common ...
... attention, and ex- actness are required, to form a right judgment, and to propor- tion the assent to the different evidence and probability of the thing.” The dynamics of this conflict of proof against proof under- lies the ...
Περιεχόμενα
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CHAPTER 2 Two Recent Critics | 32 |
CHAPTER 3 The Place of Of Miracles in Humes Philosophy | 54 |
APPENDIX 1 Humes Curious Relationship to Tillotson | 63 |
APPENDIX 2 Of Miracles | 68 |
Notes | 89 |
References | 95 |
Index | 97 |