Hume and the Problem of Miracles: A Solution

Hume and the Problem of Miracles: A Solution by M.P. Levine.

This book developed from sections of my doctoral dissertation, "The Possibility of Religious Knowledge: Causation, Coherentism and Foundationalism," Brown University, 1982. However, it actually had its beginnings much earlier when, as an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, I first...

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Main Author: Levine, M.P (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1989.
Edition:1st ed. 1989.
Series:Philosophical Studies Series, 41
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Epistemology.
Philosophy.
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Table of Contents:
  • I Hume’s Analysis of Causation in Relation to His Analysis of Miracles
  • 1. Hume’s Account of A Posteriori Reasoning
  • 2. Miracles and Reasoning based on Experience
  • 3. The Indian and The Ice: Understanding and Rejecting Hume’s Argument
  • 4. A Better But Less Interesting Humean Argument
  • 5. Miracles and The Logical Entailment Analysis of Causation
  • 6. Are Miracles Violations of Laws of Nature?
  • Notes to Part I
  • II Can Anyone Ever Know That a Miracle Has Occurred?
  • 7. What Is Involved In Knowing That a Miracle has Occurred?
  • 8. Hume’s Account of Tillotson and the Alleged “Argument of a Like Nature”
  • 9. Testimony and Sensory Evidence: Reasons For Belief in Miracles?
  • 10. Tillotson’s Argument: Its Application to Justified Belief in Miracles
  • 11. Conclusion: Miracles and Contemporary Epistemology
  • Notes to Part II
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects.

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