David Hume On Miracles Evidence And Probability
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David Hume On Miracles Evidence And Probability
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Author : William L Vanderburgh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-04-15
David Hume On Miracles Evidence And Probability written by William L Vanderburgh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-15 with categories.
David Hume's argument against believing in miracles has attracted nearly continuous attention from philosophers and theologians since it was first published in 1748. Hume's many commentators, however, both pro and con, have often misunderstood key aspects of Hume's account of evidential probability and as a result have misrepresented Hume's argument and conclusions regarding miracles in fundamental ways. This book argues that Hume's account of probability descends from a long and laudable tradition that goes back to ancient Roman and medieval law. That account is entirely and deliberately non-mathematical. As a result, any analysis of Hume's argument in terms of the mathematical theory of probability is doomed to failure. Recovering the knowledge of this ancient tradition of probable reasoning leads us to a correct interpretation of Hume's argument against miracles, enables a more accurate understanding of many other episodes in the history of science and of philosophy, and may be also useful in contemporary attempts to weigh evidence in epistemically complex situations where confirmation theory and mathematical probability theory have proven to be less helpful than we would have hoped.
David Hume S Argument Against Miracles
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Author : Francis Beckwith
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 1989
David Hume S Argument Against Miracles written by Francis Beckwith and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Philosophy categories.
In this book the author offers a critical analysis of David Hume's argument against miracles from his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, "Of Miracles" is one of the most influential works written in defense of the position that belief in supernatural occurrences is not reasonable. Using Hume's work as a point of departure, the author addresses the two most important epistemological questions asked about miracles: Is it ever reasonable to ascribe a divine source to an anomalous event in order to identify it as miraculous? and What theoretically entails sufficient evidence that a miracle has actually taken place? Contemporary rehabilitations of Hume's argument, as put forth by Antony Flew, Alastair McKinnon, and Patrick Nowell-Smith, are evaluated. Contents: Defining the Miraculous; Hume's Argument, Part 1;Hume's Argument, Part 2;The Rationality of Belief and the Existence of God; Contemporary Rehabilitations of Hume's Argument; and Miracles and Evidence.
A Defense Of Hume On Miracles
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Author : Robert J. Fogelin
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2010-03-25
A Defense Of Hume On Miracles written by Robert J. Fogelin and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-25 with Philosophy categories.
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. Arguing that these criticisms have--from the very start--rested on misreadings, Robert Fogelin begins by providing a narrative of the way Hume's argument actually unfolds. What Hume's critics (and even some of his defenders) have failed to see is that Hume's primary argument depends on fixing the appropriate standards of evaluating testimony presented on behalf of a miracle. Given the definition of a miracle, Hume quite reasonably argues that the standards for evaluating such testimony must be extremely high. Hume then argues that, as a matter of fact, no testimony on behalf of a religious miracle has even come close to meeting the appropriate standards for acceptance. Fogelin illustrates that Hume's critics have consistently misunderstood the structure of this argument--and have saddled Hume with perfectly awful arguments not found in the text. He responds first to some early critics of Hume's argument and then to two recent critics, David Johnson and John Earman. Fogelin's goal, however, is not to "bash the bashers," but rather to show that Hume's treatment of miracles has a coherence, depth, and power that makes it still the best work on the subject.
Hume S Abject Failure
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Author : John Earman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2000-11-23
Hume S Abject Failure written by John Earman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-11-23 with Philosophy categories.
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.
Questions Of Miracle
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Author : Robert A. Larmer
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1996-08-01
Questions Of Miracle written by Robert A. Larmer and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-08-01 with Philosophy categories.
Questions of Miracle will be a valuable reference book and teaching tool for scholars and students of theology, religious studies, and philosophy. Contents The Logic of Probabilities in Hume's Argument against Miracles - Fred Wilson (Toronto) David Hume and the Miraculous - Robert Larmer Miracles and the Laws of Nature - Robert Larmer Against Miracles - John Collier (University of Newcastle) Against "Against Miracles" - Robert Larmer Miracles and Conservation Laws - Neil MacGill (UNB) Miracles and Conservation Laws: A Reply to Professor MacGill - Robert Larmer Miracles and Criteria - Robert Larmer Miracles and Natural Explanations - David Basinger (Roberts Wesleyan College) Miracles and Natural Explanations: A Rejoinder - Robert Larmer Miracles as Evidence for Theism: A Surrejoinder - David Basinger Miracles, Evidence, and Theism: A Further Apologia - Robert Larmer Authenticating Biblical Reports of Miracles - Phillip Wiebe (Trinity Western University) Miracles and Testimony: A Reply to Wiebe - Robert Larmer Miracles as Evidence against the Existence of God - Christine Overall (Queen's) Miracles and the Existence of God: A Reply - Robert Larmer.
Hume Holism And Miracles
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Author : David Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-09-05
Hume Holism And Miracles written by David Johnson and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-05 with Philosophy categories.
David Johnson seeks to overthrow one of the widely accepted tenets of Anglo-American philosophy—that of the success of the Humean case against the rational credibility of reports of miracles. In a manner unattempted in any other single work, he meticulously examines all the main variants of Humean reasoning on the topic of miracles: Hume's own argument and its reconstructions by John Stuart Mill, J. L. Mackie, Antony Flew, Jordan Howard Sobel, and others.Hume's view, set forth in his essay "Of Miracles," has been widely thought to be correct. Johnson reviews Hume's thesis with clarity and elegance and considers the arguments of some of the most prominent defenders of Hume's case against miracles. According to Johnson, the Humean argument on this topic is entirely without merit, its purported cogency being simply a philosophical myth.
The Great Debate On Miracles
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Author : Robert M. Burns
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Great Debate On Miracles written by Robert M. Burns and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Bible categories.
This book consists of a survey of the great debate on miracles, which, though it was a major feature of the English literary scene in the period in question, has never before been researched in depth. The arguments of Boyle, Locke, Clarke, and Butler (along with those of others) are considered, and Hume's famous essay "Of Miracles" is examined more closely than ever before.
A Dissertation On Miracles Containing An Examination Of The Principles Advanced By David Hume Esq In An Essay On Miracles
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Author : George CAMPBELL (Professor of Divinity in Marischal College.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1796
A Dissertation On Miracles Containing An Examination Of The Principles Advanced By David Hume Esq In An Essay On Miracles written by George CAMPBELL (Professor of Divinity in Marischal College.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1796 with categories.
A Dissertation On Miracles
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Author : George Campbell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1807
A Dissertation On Miracles written by George Campbell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1807 with Miracles categories.
Of Miracles
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Author : David Hume
language : en
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
Release Date : 1985
Of Miracles written by David Hume and has been published by Open Court Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Philosophy categories.