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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... presents what he takes to be an a priori argument sufficient by itself to establish his fundamental theses concerning the status of testimony in behalf of miracles. This, I will argue, is false. INTRODUCTION 3 Nor is part 2 simply an ...
... present, we rightly become suspicious concerning the quality of the testimony. We will call this the direct test for evaluating testimony. Hume suggests a second method for evaluating testimony, this time concentrating on the nature of ...
... present their testimony in measured tones of confidence, rather than with hesitation or too violent as- severation. To these marks of excellence we might add that these witnesses have special expertise relevant to the matter at hand ...
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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 |