01922nam 2200481 a 450 991095359180332120200520144314.097801980293110198029314(MiAaPQ)EBC7033988(CKB)24235097400041(MiAaPQ)EBC3052251(Au-PeEL)EBL3052251(CaPaEBR)ebr10211915(CaONFJC)MIL53038(OCoLC)191826643(OCoLC)42619596(FINmELB)ELB166400(Au-PeEL)EBL7033988(OCoLC)63294618(EXLCZ)992423509740004119990929d2000 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHume's abject failure the argument against miracles /John EarmanOxford ;New York Oxford University Press2000xi, 217 pIncludes bibliographical references (p. 87-94) and index.pt. 1. Hume on miracles -- pt. 2. The documents.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 andchiefly 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.MiraclesMiracles.212Earman John52075MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910953591803321Hume's abject failure4464643UNINA