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Volume 31, Number 1, April 2005, pp. 165-168 ROBERTJ. FOGELIN. A Defense of Hume on Miracles. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2003. Pp. xii + 101. ISBN 0-691-11430-7, cloth, $24.95/£16.95. With A Defense of Hume on Miracles Robert Fogelin enters the recent discussion on Hume's treatment of miracles. In this short book Fogelin begins by presenting his interpretation of Hume's argument concerning miracles. The second chapter is a lengthy treatment of recent work by David Johnson and John Earman, and the third short chapter is a discussion of the relation of Hume's view on miracles to his broader philosophy. There are also two appendices and the text of "Of Miracles." Fundamental to Fogelin's interpretation of Hume is the distinction between two ways of evaluating testimony for a miracle. A direct test looks at the qualities of the testimony that tend to make it reliable or unreliable; this is connected with the likelihood of the miracle occurring given the testimony for it. If the quality of the testimony for something, such as a miracle, is high enough, then according to Hume we have a "proof" of the event attested to. A reverse test looks at the probability of
Hume Studies – Hume Society
Published: Jan 26, 2005
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