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Hume, Of Miracles No=
tes |
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Definition
of “Miracle” |
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1.=
Viola=
tion
of “the laws of nature” |
a.=
Not “miracle of birth” |
b.=
Not “It’s a miracle that you survived t=
he
plane crash” |
c.=
Not “Isn’t the view
miraculous?” |
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2.=
Biblical & Religious Accounts |
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3.=
Paranormal Phenomena |
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Belief and Evidence
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“The
wise man proportions his belief to the evidence” |
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Hume’s
Claim has Two Parts: |
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1.=
Hume’s Razor: |
“No
testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless that testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more
miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish.” |
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2.=
The evidence favoring miracles is just not good eno=
ugh |
a.=
Witness credibility |
b.=
Our “love of wonder” |
c.=
Ignorance/
lack of sophistication |
d.=
Conflicting &=
nbsp;
testimony |
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3.=
Not a claim that miracles do not/ have not/ cannot
occurred; rather, that the belief that they do occur is not justified |