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A Defense of Hume on Miracles Robert J. Fogelin

A Defense of Hume on Miracles By Robert J. Fogelin

A Defense of Hume on Miracles by Robert J. Fogelin


Summary

Since its publication in the mid 18th century, Hume's discussion of miracles has been the target of severe and often ill-tempered attacks. In this book, Robert Fogelin offers a systematic response to these attacks.

A Defense of Hume on Miracles Summary

A Defense of Hume on Miracles by Robert J. Fogelin

Since its publication in the mid-eighteenth century, Hume's discussion of miracles has been the target of severe and often ill-tempered attacks. In this book, one of our leading historians of philosophy offers a systematic response to these attacks. Robert Fogelin's goal, however, is not to bash the bashers, but rather to show that Hume's treatment of miracles has a coherence, depth, and power that makes it still the best work on the subject.

A Defense of Hume on Miracles Reviews

What a joy to read a philosophy book that is graceful, clear, and short... Fogelin writes with the simplicity and immediacy of a distinguished mind... [I]mpressively conceived and executed. -- Mark Sainsbury Times Literary Supplement This book provides a subtle reading of Hume; it is both engaging and well argued; and, it makes a useful addition to the recent literature concerning both Hume's argument and testimony in general. -- Dan O'Brien Philosophy in Review

About Robert J. Fogelin

Robert J. Fogelin is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and the Sherman Fairchild Professor in the Humanities at Dartmouth College. His previous books include Wittgenstein, Hume's Skepticism, and Pyrrhonian Reflections on Knowledge and Justification.

Table of Contents

Preface xi Abbreviations xiii INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1. The Structur of Hume's Argument 4 CHAPTER 2. Two Recent Critics 32 CHAPTER 3. The Place of Of Miracles in Hume's Philosophy 54 APPENDIX 1. Hume's Curious Relationship to Tillotson 63 APPENDIX 2. Of Miracles 68 Notes 89 References 95 Index 97

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A Defense of Hume on Miracles by Robert J. Fogelin
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Princeton University Press
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