Hume, Holism, and Miracles /

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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.
Sujets:
Hume, David.
Hume, David > 1711-1776
Hume, David, > 1711-1776.
Wonderen.
Scepticisme.
Holisme.
An enquiry concerning human understanding (Hume).
Wunder
Holismus
Miracles > History of doctrines.
PHILOSOPHY > Religious.
Miracles > Histoire des doctrines > 18e siecle.
Miracles > History of doctrines > 18th century.
Electronic books.
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Résumé: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 reasoning on the topic of miracles: Hume's own argument and its reconstructions by John Stuart Mill, J.L. Mackie, Antony Flew, Jordan Howard Sobel, and others. Hume's view, set forth in his essay "Of Miracles," has been widely thought to be correct. Johnson reviews Hume's thesis with clarity and elegance and considers the arguments of some of the most prominent defenders of Hume's case against miracles. According to Johnson, the Humean argument on this topic is entirely without merit, its purported cogency being simply a philosophical myth.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (128 pages).
ISBN:9781501731303

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