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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... offered them: We entertain a suspicion concerning any matter of fact, when the witnesses contradict each other; when they are but few, or of a doubtful character; when they have an interest in what they affirm; when they deliver their ...
... offered by competent witnesses having no motives to deceive. Here Hume's discussion of testimony closely parallels one found in John Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding. There Locke remarks that “in things that happen ...
... offered in its behalf. It seems more reasonable to treat the report as a hoax or perhaps as a misunderstanding of a political metaphor. This is a simple and I believe uncontroversial example of the reverse method at work. It might, in ...
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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 |