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- catalog abstract "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 18th 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.".
- catalog contributor b11965363.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Hume's Religious Orientation -- 3. The Origins of Hume's Essay -- 4. The Puzzles of Hume's Definitions of "Miracle" -- 5. Conceptions of Miracles -- 6. What a Miracle Is for Hume -- 7. The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miracles -- 8. The Structure of Hume's Essay -- 9. Hume's Straight Rule of Induction and His "Proof" against Miracles -- 10. Hume, Bayes, and Price -- 11. Bayes and Bayesianism -- 12. The Bayes-Price Rejection of Hume's Straight Rule -- 13. Hume's Stultification of Scientific Inquiry -- 14. The Indian Prince -- 15. Hume's Maxim -- 16. What Is Hume's Thesis? -- 17. Hume's Diminution Principle -- 18. Multiple Witnessing -- 19. More Multiple Witnessing -- 20. What Is Right about Hume's Position -- 21. Fall Back Positions for Hume -- 22. Probabilifying Religious Doctrines -- 23. Hume's Contrary Miracles Argument -- 24. Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "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 18th 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.".
- catalog extent "xi, 217 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195127374".
- catalog identifier "0195127382 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford (England) ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "212 21".
- catalog subject "B1499.M5 E37 2000".
- catalog subject "Hume, David, 1711-1776 Views on miracles.".
- catalog subject "Hume, David, 1711-1776.".
- catalog subject "Miracles.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Hume's Religious Orientation -- 3. The Origins of Hume's Essay -- 4. The Puzzles of Hume's Definitions of "Miracle" -- 5. Conceptions of Miracles -- 6. What a Miracle Is for Hume -- 7. The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miracles -- 8. The Structure of Hume's Essay -- 9. Hume's Straight Rule of Induction and His "Proof" against Miracles -- 10. Hume, Bayes, and Price -- 11. Bayes and Bayesianism -- 12. The Bayes-Price Rejection of Hume's Straight Rule -- 13. Hume's Stultification of Scientific Inquiry -- 14. The Indian Prince -- 15. Hume's Maxim -- 16. What Is Hume's Thesis? -- 17. Hume's Diminution Principle -- 18. Multiple Witnessing -- 19. More Multiple Witnessing -- 20. What Is Right about Hume's Position -- 21. Fall Back Positions for Hume -- 22. Probabilifying Religious Doctrines -- 23. Hume's Contrary Miracles Argument -- 24. Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Hume's abject failure : the argument against miracles / John Earman.".
- catalog type "text".