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The Argument Against Miracles
John Earman
ISBN: 9780195127386
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
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Situating Hume's famous work "Of Miracles" in the context of the 18th century debate on miracles, this book shows that it is largely unoriginal. It also discusses the issues of eyewitness testimony to establish the credibility of marvelous and miraculous events. It aims to contribute to the history of ideas, the philosophy of religion, and more.
By situating Hume's famous work "Of Miracles" (which notoriously argues against the possibility of miracles) in the context of the 18th century debate on miracles, Earman shows that Hume's argument is largely unoriginal, and largely without merit where it is original. On the positive side, he shows how progress can be made on the issues, so provocatively posed in Hume's essay, about the ability of eyewitness testimony to establish the credibility of marvelous and miraculous events. Earman's work is simultaneously a contribution to the history of ideas, the philosophy of religion, and to probability and induction.
| ISBN | 0195127382 | | Pages | 228 | | ISBN13 | 9780195127386
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 372 | | Imprint | Oxford University Press Inc | | Published in | New York | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 01 Oct 2000 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | Library of Congress | 99049345 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY | 210 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Abbreviations | | | | 1 | | Introduction | | 3 | | 2 | | Hume's Religious Orientation | | 4 | | 3 | | The Origins of Hume's Essay | | 6 | | 4 | | The Puzzles of Hume's Definitions of "Miracle" | | 8 | | 5 | | Conceptions of Miracles | | 9 | | 6 | | What a Miracle Is for Hume | | 12 | | 7 | | The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miracles | | 14 | | 8 | | The Structure of Hume's Essay | | 20 | | 9 | | Hume's Straight Rule of Induction and His "Proof" against Miracles | | 22 | | 10 | | Hume, Bayes, and Price | | 24 | | 11 | | Bayes and Bayesianism | | 26 | | 12 | | The Bayes-Price Rejection of Hume's Straight Rule | | 29 | | 13 | | Hume's Stutification of Scientific Inquiry | | 30 | | 14 | | The Indian Prince | | 33 | | 15 | | Hume's Maxim | | 38 | | 16 | | What Is Hume's Thesis? | | 43 | | 17 | | Hume's Diminution Principle | | 49 | | 18 | | Multiple Witnessing | | 53 | | 19 | | More Multiple Witnessing | | 56 | | 20 | | What Is Right about Hume's Position | | 59 | | 21 | | Fall Back Positions for Hume | | 61 | | 22 | | Probabilifying Religious Doctrines | | 65 | | 23 | | Hume's Contrary Miracles Argument | | 67 | | 24 | | Conclusion | | 70 | | | | Appendix on Probability | | 75 | | | | Notes | | 77 | | | | Works Cited | | 87 | | | More... | | |
[the] argument itself is very clear, very cogent, and very apposite to present debates MIND  Be the first to write a customer review
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