Hume's Abject Failure: The Argument Against Miracles

by John Earman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195127374
• ISBN13: 9780195127379
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"