Hume, Holism, and Miracles /

Hume, Holism, and Miracles / / David Johnson.

David Johnson seeks to overthrow one of the widely accepted tenets of Anglo-American philosophy—that of the success of the Humean case against the rational credibility of reports of miracles. In a manner unattempted in any other single work, he meticulously examines all the main variants of Humean r...

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Johnson, David,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1999
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
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Physical Description:1 online resource (128 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Promissory Note
  • 2. 'Miracle', 'Violation', 'Law of Nature'
  • 3. Hume's Own Argument
  • 4. Hume's Argument as Reconstructed by J. L. Mackie
  • 5. Hume's Argument as Reconstructed by John Stuart Mill
  • 6. Hume's Argument as Reconstructed by Antony Flew
  • 7. Hume's Argument as Reconstructed by Jordan Howard Sobel
  • 8. Repetitions
  • 9. Hume's Teasing Ambiguity
  • Closing Remarks
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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