Hume's Abject Failure: The Argument Against MiraclesOxford University Press, 2000 - 217 من الصفحات Preface p. vii Abbreviations p. xi Part I Hume on Miracles p. 1 2 Hume's Religious Orientation p. 4 3 The Origins of Hume's Essay p. 6 4 The Puzzles of Hume's Definitions of Miracles"""""""" p. 8 5 Conceptions of Miracles p. 9 6 What a Miracle is for Hume p. 12 7 The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miracles p. 14 7 The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miracles p. 20 7 The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miracles p. 22 7 The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miracles p. 24 7 The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miracles p. 26 7 The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miracles p. 29 7 The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miracles p. 30 14 The Indian Prince p. 33 15 Hume's Maxim p. 38 15 Hume's Maxim p. 43 17 Hume's Diminution Principle p. 49 18 Multiple Witnessing p. 53 18 Multiple Witnessing p. 56 18 Multiple Witnessing p. 59 18 Multiple Witnessing p. 61 22 Probabilifying Religious Doctrines p. 65 23 Hume's Contrary Miracles Argument p. 67 23 Hume's Contrary Miracles Argument p. 70 Appendix: on Probability p. 75 Notes p. 77 Works Cited p. 87 Additional Bibliography p. 93 Part II The Documents p. 95 Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6 p. 107 Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6 p. 114 Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6 p. 120 Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6 p. 125 Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6 p. 132 Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6 p. 140 Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6 p. 153 Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6 p. 157 Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6 p. 172 Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6 p. 176 Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6 p. 193 Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6 p. 194 Charles Babbage, Ninth Bridgewater Treatise (2d Ed. 1838), Chapter 10, """"On Hume's Argument Against Miracles"""" p. 203 Index. |
المحتوى
Introduction | 3 |
Humes Religious Orientation | 4 |
The Origins of Humes Essay | 6 |
The Puzzles of Humes Definitions of Miracles | 8 |
Conceptions of Miracles | 9 |
What a Miracle Is for Hume | 12 |
The EighteenthCentury Debate on Miracles | 14 |
The Structure of Humes Essay | 20 |
Humes Contrary Miracles Argument | 67 |
Conclusion | 70 |
Appendix on Probability | 75 |
Notes | 77 |
Works Cited | 87 |
Additional Bibliography | 93 |
The Documents | 95 |
John Locke an Essay Concerning Human Understanding 1690 Book IV Chapters 15 and 16 | 97 |
Humes Straight Rule of Induction and His Proof against Miracles | 22 |
Hume Bayes and Price | 24 |
Bayes and Bayesianism | 26 |
The BayesPrice Rejection of Humes Straight Rule | 29 |
Hume s Stultification of Scientific Inquiry | 30 |
The Indian Prince | 33 |
Humes Maxim | 38 |
What Is Humes Thesis? | 43 |
Humes Diminution Principle | 49 |
Multiple Witnessing | 53 |
More Multiple Witnessing | 56 |
What Is Right about Humes Position | 59 |
Fall Back Positions for Hume | 61 |
Probabilifying Religious Doctrines | 65 |
Chapter 16 Of the Degrees of Assent | 99 |
Benedict De Spinoza A TheologicoPolitical Treatise 1670 Chapter 6 | 107 |
Jobn Locke A Discourse of Miracles 1706 | 114 |
Samuel Clarke A Discourse Concerning the Unalterable Obligations of Natural Religion and the Truth and Certainty of the Christian Revelations 1705 | 120 |
Thomas Sherlock The Tryal of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus nth ed 1729 | 125 |
In Answer to the Tryal of the Witnesses 1744 | 132 |
David Hume Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 1777 Section 10 Of Miracles | 140 |
Richard Price Four Dissertations 2d ed 1768 Dissertation IV On the Importance of Christianity and the Nature of Historical Evidence and Miracles | 157 |
George Campbell A Dissertation on Miracles 1762 | 176 |
Anonymous George Hooper? A Calculation of the Credibility of Human Testimony 1699 | 193 |
Pierre Simon Laplace A Philosophical Essay on Probability 1814 Chapter 11 Concerning the Probabilities of Testimonies | 194 |
Charles Babbage Ninth Bridgewater Treatise 2d ecL 1838 Chapter 10 On Humes Argument against Miracles | 203 |
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