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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... but rather to show that Hume's treatment of miracles, when properly understood, exhibits a level of richness, subtlety, coherence, and force not generally appreciated. 1 Standards for evaluating testimony. Hume opens his examination of.
... , Hume tells us, in broad strokes, how this. The Structure of Hume's Argument to the lowest species of moral evidence. (EHU, 10.3) greater, in order to know the exact force of the. CHAPTER 1. The Structure of Hume's Argument.
... argument of this kind is derived from no other principle. greater, in order to know the exact force of the superior evidence. conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. (EHU, 10.5). THE STRUCTURE OF HUME'S ARGUMENT 5.
... force of any argument, derived from human testimony. (EHU, 10.7) Here we examine the testimony for the standard marks of unre- liability that Hume lists. When such marks of unreliability are present, we rightly become suspicious ...
... force goes, and the superior can only operate on the mind by the force, which remains. The very same principle of experience, which gives us a certain degree of assurance in the testimony of witnesses, gives us also, in this case ...
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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 |