Hume's Abject Failure: The Argument Against MiraclesOxford University Press, 23.11.2000 - 232 Seiten This vital study offers a new interpretation of Hume's famous "Of Miracles," which notoriously argues against the possibility of miracles. By situating Hume's popular argument in the context of the eighteenth-century debate on miracles, Earman shows Hume's argument to be largely unoriginal and chiefly without merit where it is original. Yet Earman constructively conceives how progress can be made on the issues that Hume's essay so provocatively posed about the ability of eyewitness testimony to establish the credibility of marvelous and miraculous events. |
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Fall Back Positions for Hume | |
Probabilifying Religious Doctrines | |
Humes Contrary Miracles Argument | |
Conclusion | |
Appendix on Probability | |
Notes | |
Works Cited | |
Additional Bibliography | |
Humes Straight Rule of Induction and His Proof against Miracles | |
Hume Bayes and Price | |
Bayes and Bayesianism | |
The BayesPrice Rejection of Humes Straight Rule | |
Humes Stultification of Scientific Inquiry | |
The Indian Prince | |
Humes Maxim | |
What Is Humes Thesis? | |
Humes Diminution Principle | |
Multiple Witnessing 19 More Multiple Witnessing | |
What Is Right about Humes Position | |
John Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book | |
Chapter 6 Of Miracles | |
Samuel Clarke A Discourse Concerning the Unalterable | |
of Jesus | |
the Tryal of the Witnesses | |
Section 10 Of Miracles | |
Dissertation IV On the Importance of Christianity and | |
Anonymous George Hooper? A Calculation of the Credibility | |
Chapter 10 On Humes Argument against Miracles | |
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