Hume on Miracles: The Issue of Question-Begging

• Authors: Yann Schmitt
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Hume's chapter "Of Miracles" has been widely discussed, and one issue is that Hume seems to simply beg the question. Hume has a strong but implicit naturalist bias when he argues against the existence of reliable testimony for miracles. In this article, I explain that Hume begs the question, despite what he says about the possibility of miracles occurring. The main point is that he never describes a violation of the laws of nature that could not be explained by scientific theories.

Keywords

EN

Miracles; Spiritual Healing; Nature; Natural Law; Law & Ethics

• Publisher: Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
• Journal: Forum Philosophicum
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 49-71

Contributors

author

Yann Schmitt

• Institut Catholique de Paris

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10.5840/forphil20121713

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