 | Stuart C. Brown - Philosophy - 2001 - 212 pages
...deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should rcallv have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according to the superiority, which I discover, I pronounce mv decision, and alwavs reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more... | |
 | Michael F. Palmer - Cosmology - 2001 - 388 pages
...deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according to the superiority, which...till then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion.10 Towards the end of his essay, Hume returns to his philosophical argument and provides some... | |
 | Olav Hammer - Religion - 2001 - 584 pages
...deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according to the superiority, which...my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. Hume's argument set the trend for a devastating rationalist critique of miracle narratives. From a... | |
 | Stuart C. Brown - Philosophy - 2001 - 214 pages
...pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. It the falsehood of his testimonv would he more miraculous, than the event which he relates;...then, and not till then, can he pretend to command my helief or opinion. PART II 24 I may add as afourth reason, which diminishes the authority of prodigies,... | |
 | Michael F. Palmer - Cosmology - 2001 - 388 pages
...really have happened. I weigh the one mitacle against the other; and according to the supetiotity, which I discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater mitacle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more mitaculous, than the event which he relates;... | |
 | Various - Philosophy - 2002 - 596 pages
...deceived, or that the fact which he relates should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other, and according to the superiority which...can he pretend to command my belief or opinion. PART n In the foregoing reasoning we have supposed that the testimony upon which a miracle is founded may... | |
 | Michael Huemer - Philosophy - 2002 - 636 pages
...deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according to the superiority, which...then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion. Partn In the foregoing reasoning we have supposed, that the testimony, upon which a miracle is founded,... | |
 | Thomas Duddy - History - 2002 - 392 pages
...deceived, or that the fact which he relates, should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according to the superiority, which...my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. (116) Like the Irish Augustine, albeit on the basis of more elaborate and transparent reasoning, Hume... | |
 | Thomas Duddy - History - 2002 - 390 pages
...deceived, or that the fact which he relares, should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according to the superiority, which...discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the grearer miracle. (116) Like the Irish Augustine, albeit on the basis of more elaborare and transparent... | |
 | Gerry Mackie - Business & Economics - 2003 - 508 pages
...deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according to the superiority, which...then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion. (Hume 1975, 116, sec. X, Part 1)3 There is no frequency demonstration, fragile or robust, not when... | |
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When any one tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself, whether it be more probable that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact which he relates should really have happened. I weigh... 
