A Defense of Hume on MiraclesPrinceton University Press, 25.03.2010 - 128 Seiten 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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... improbability of the event's occurring gives us some (though perhaps not decisive) grounds for challenging the force of the testimony. We will call this the reverse method of evaluat- ing testimony. It is clear that Hume does not invoke ...
... improbability of an event's occurring can supply strong support for asserting the nonoccurrence of that event. This sets the stage for the possi- bility of a clash of proof against proof—one a proof based on the direct method that an ...
... improbability of such an event's taking place cast immedi- ate doubt on the force of the testimony offered in its behalf. It seems more reasonable to treat the report as a hoax or perhaps as a misunderstanding of a political metaphor ...
... improbability that an event, or set of events could occur. In this case, the extreme improbability that troubles us arises through the joint assertion of events that, taken individually, are not sufficiently improbable to trouble us ...
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Inhalt
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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 |