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Hume's Abject Failure: The Argument against Miracles (review) Michael P. Levine Hume Studies, Volume 28, Number 1, April 2002, pp. 161-167 (Review) Published by Hume Society DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/hms.2011.0212 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/383270/summary Access provided at 17 Feb 2020 18:18 GMT from JHU Libraries Hume Studies Volume 28, Number 1, April 2002, pp. 161-167 JOHN EARMAN. Hume's Abject Failure: The Argument against Miracles. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Pp. xi + 217. ISBN 0-19-512737-4, cloth, $47.50; ISBN 0-19-512738-2, paper, $22.95. This book is divided into two parts. The first (73 pages plus notes and a two-page appendix on probability) is Earman's harsh critique of Hume's es- say and its conclusions. The second part of the book (95-212) contains selections from primary texts of Locke, Spinoza, Clarke, and others, along with the text "Of Miracles," recording changes that Hume made. There is little in the way of explanation, a single paragraph in the preface, as to why these texts have been selected. Presumably, Earman sees each of these as con- taining something significant to contribute to the formulation of his theses in the first part of the book—especially his claim that Hume's arguments are largely
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