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Hume, Holism, and Miracles /

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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Auteur principal: Johnson, David (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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