A Defense of Hume on Miracles

by Fogelin, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9780691114309
• ISBN10: 0691114307
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

Since its publication in the mid-eighteenth century, Hume's discussion of miracles has been the target of severe and often ill-tempered attacks.

Author Biography

Robert J. Fogelin is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and the Sherman Fairchild Professor in the Humanities at Dartmouth College.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Abbreviations	xiii
INTRODUCTION	1	(3)
CHAPTER 1. The Structure of Hume's Argument	4	(28)
CHAPTER 2. Two Recent Critics	32	(22)
CHAPTER 3. The Place of "Of Miracles" in Hume's Philosophy	54	(9)
APPENDIX 1. Hume 's Curious Relationship to Tillotson	63	(5)
APPENDIX 2. "Of Miracles"	68	(21)
Notes	89	(6)
References	95	(2)
Index	97