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Can the Humean argument against miracles also apply to divine providence?
Hume famously said,
That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the
testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more
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David Hume on Miracles
David Hume's definition of a miracle (refining, paraphrasing): X is a miracle if (and only if) not X is an even greater miracle.
Is this definition problematic in any way?
When anyone tells me, that ...
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Why cannot reports of a miracle overpower all our experience and laws of nature?
A novice, I do not feel prepared yet to, but shall in future, read Hume; please tell me if Hume's originals answer my question.
Source: pp 30-31, Philosophy ; A Very Short Introduction (2002) by ...
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Are miracles compatible with our belief in empirical predictions?
I read the SEP entry on miracles a while ago and plan to take a shot at Hume's Of Miracles soon.
Before I get started - I cannot understand how miracles even make sense. Here's my thinking so far:
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