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The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L. L. D.: Late One of the ... - Page 93
by James Wilson - 1804
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On the Miraculous and Internal Evidences of the Christian ..., Volume 1

Thomas Chalmers - Apologetics - 1845 - 406 pages
...fact from the report of eye-witnesses, is derived from no other principle than experience ; that is, our observation of the veracity of human testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the report of witnesses. Now if the fact attested partakes of the marvellous, if it is such as has seldom...
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The Church of England quarterly review, Volume 23

1848 - 526 pages
...fact from the report of eye-witnesses is derived from no other principle than experience — that is, our observation of the veracity of human testimony and of the usual conformity of facts to the report of eye-witnesses. Now, if the fact attested partakes of the marvellous — if it be such as...
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The Philosophical Works, Volume 4

David Hume - Philosophy - 1854 - 576 pages
...shall not dispute about a word. It will be sufficient to observe, that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than...testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the report of witnesses. It being a general maxim that no objects have any discoverable connection together,...
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Miracles: Helps to Faith, Not Hindrances

William Mackergo Taylor - Apologetics - 1865 - 252 pages
...of the superior evidence.' 2 ' Our belief or assurance of any fact from the report of eye-witnesses, is derived from no other principle than our observation...testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the report of witnesses.' s Now, if ' the fact attested partakes of the marvellous, if it is such as has...
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Religious Thought in England, from the Reformation to the End of ..., Volume 3

John Hunt - Great Britain - 1873 - 494 pages
...not equal. When we believe anything on human testimony, the principle of our belief is founded on an observation of the veracity of human testimony, and...usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. Here all the experiments and observations give a probability in favour of the truth of that to which...
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English Prose: From Maundevile to Thackeray

Arthur Howard Galton - English prose literature - 1888 - 368 pages
...shall not dispute about a word. It will be sufficient to observe, that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than...usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. It being a general maxim that no objects have any discoverable connection together, and that all the...
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Inductive Logic

William Gay Ballantine - Philosophy - 1896 - 200 pages
...shall not dispute about a word. It will be sufficient to observe, that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than...testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the report of witnesses. It being a general maxim that no objects have any discoverable connection together,...
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Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the ..., Volume 921

David Hume - Ethics - 1902 - 419 pages
...shall not dispute about a word. It will be sufficient to observe that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than...usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. It being a general maxim, that no objects have any discoverable connexion together, and that all the...
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding and Selections from A Treatise of ...

David Hume - Ethics - 1907 - 324 pages
...shall not dispute about a word. It will be sufficient to observe that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than...usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. It being a general maxim, that no objects have any discoverable connexion together, and that all the...
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Hume and the Problem of Miracles: A Solution

Michael Levine - Philosophy - 1989 - 234 pages
...shall not dispute about a word. It will be sufficient to observe that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than...usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses [Enquiries, p. 111). reasoning is founded on the relation of cause to effect." He simply reasserts...
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