William L. Vanderburgh

David Hume on Miracles, Evidence, and Probability

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Hume says we never have grounds to believe in miracles. He's right, but many commentators misunderstand his theory of probability and therefore his argument. This book shows that Humean probability descends from Roman law, and once properly contextualized historically and philosophically, Hume's argument survives the criticisms leveled against it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 343g
• ISBN-13: 9781498596954
• ISBN-10: 1498596959
• Artikelnr.: 60588775

Autorenporträt

William L. Vanderburgh is professor of philosophy at California State University, San Bernardino.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
A Note on Citations
Prologue
Chapter 1. "Of Miracles" in Context
Chapter 2. Testimony
Chapter 3. Laws of Nature and Reports of Miracles
Chapter 4. Hume and the History of Evidential Probability
Chapter 5. Hume and the Bayesians
Chapter 6. Resolving an Apparent Conflict within Hume's Epistemology
Chapter 7. Flew, Fogelin, Ferguson, and Fogelin
Epilogue
Appendix
A Brief Biography of Hume
"Of Miracles" (Section 10 of Hume's The Enquiry concerning Human
Understanding)
References
Index