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A Defense of Hume on Miracles
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Examines David Hume's famous philosophical essay on miracles through a close reading that rejects both apriori dismissals and question-begging charges, arguing instead that Hume's position is an empirical and probabilistic assessment of historical testimony. Fogelin contends that Hume does not claim miracles are logically impossible; rather, he establishes that while the occurrence of a miracle is in principle provable under exceptional circumstances, the actual testimony supporting religious miracles has uniformly failed to meet the rigorous standards required by the laws of nature. The text critically responds to modern detractors like David Johnson and John Earman, defending Hume against the misconception that he relied on an unyielding inductive straight rule. Ultimately, Fogelin's analysis demonstrates how Hume's skepticism toward religious miracles aligns harmoniously with his broader naturalistic worldview, which seeks to apply the rigorous experimental method to the behavioral and historical sciences.
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