Reported Miracles: A Critique of Hume

by J. Houston

Book Overview

Suppose that one is presented with a report of a miracle as an exception to nature's usual course. Should one believe the report and so come to favour the idea that a god has acted miraculously? Hume argued that no reasonable person should do anything of the kind. Many religiously sceptical philosophers agree with him, and have both defended and developed his reasoning. Some theologians concur or offer other reasons why those who are believers in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521043972
• ISBN13: 9780521043977
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"