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" It will be sufficient to observe that our assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than our observation of the veracity of human testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. "
The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L. L. D.: Late One of the ... - Page 93
by James Wilson - 1804
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Early Responses to Hume's Writings on Religion: 2 Volumes

James Fieser - Philosophy - 2005 - 500 pages
...fact, from the report of eyewitnesses, is derived from no other principle than experience; that is, our observation of the veracity of human testimony,...usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. Now if the fact attested partakes of the marvellous, if it is such as has seldom fallen under our observation,...
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Critical Edition

David Hume - Philosophy - 2000 - 460 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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Reason Without Freedom: The Problem of Epistemic Normativity

David J. Owens - Belief and doubt - 2000 - 212 pages
...the importance of testimony does not mean he thinks it fundamental: [O]ur assurance in any argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than...usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. (Hume 1975: 111) The reason why we place any credit in witnesses and historians, is not derived from...
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Hume's Abject Failure: The Argument Against Miracles

John Earman - Electronic books - 2000 - 236 pages
...sufllcient to observe that our assurance in any argument of this kind fLe.. one based on testimonyj is derived from no other principle than our observation...of human testimony. and of the usual conformity of the facts to the reports of witnesses. lE tn: t42l The reason. why we place any credit in witnesses...
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Early Responses to Reid, Oswald, Beattie and Stewart, Volume 2

James Fieser - Apologetics - 2000 - 340 pages
...from the report of eye-witnesses is derived from no other principle than experience; that is, from our observation of the veracity of human testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the report of witnesses. This doctrine is confuted with great elegance and precision, and with invincible...
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Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction with Readings

Stuart C. Brown - Philosophy - 2001 - 212 pages
...anv argument of this kind is derived from no other principle than our ohservation of the veracity ol human testimony, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. It heing a general maxim, that no ohjects have any discoverahle connexion together, and that all the...
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The Question of God: An Introduction and Sourcebook

Michael F. Palmer - Cosmology - 2001 - 388 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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The Question of God: An Introduction and Sourcebook

Michael F. Palmer - Cosmology - 2001 - 388 pages
...sufficient to observe that our assurance in any argument of this kind is detived from no other ptinciple than our observation of the veracity of human testimony,...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’s Reflection on Religion

Miguel A. Badía Cabrera - History - 2001 - 358 pages
...for the assurance we repose upon them is derived exclusively from experience,l8 that is, from "the observation of the veracity of human testimony and...usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses" (EHU, lll): No man can have any other experience but his own. The experience of others becomes his...
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Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction with Readings

Stuart C. Brown - Philosophy - 2001 - 214 pages
...this kind is derived from no other principle than our ohservation of the veracity of human testimonv, and of the usual conformity of facts to the reports of witnesses. It heing a general maxim, that no ohjects have any discoverahle connexion together, and that all the...
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