A Dissertation on Miracles Containing an Examination of the Principles Advanced by David Hume, in an Essay on Miracles Classic Reprint

George Campbell

ISBN 10: 1330630378 / ISBN 13: 9781330630372

Published by Forgotten Books, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Dissertation on Miracles Containing an Examination of the Principles Advanced by David Hume, in an Essay on Miracles Classic Reprint
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330630378
• ISBN 13: 9781330630372
• Binding: PAP
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book presents a spirited defense of religious miracles, specifically those that underpin Christianity. Taking aim at a prominent author of the time, the book delves into the nature of evidence and how we arrive at conclusions about historical events. The author challenges the notion that miracles are inherently unbelievable and argues that, despite their unusual nature, they can be supported by reliable testimony. He meticulously dismantles the arguments of his opponent, revealing inconsistencies and flaws in their logic. The book’s exploration of miracles aligns with a broader 18th-century intellectual debate about the validity of religious claims in the face of scientific inquiry. It grapples with the tension between faith and reason, a central theme of Enlightenment thought. The author, in his defense of miracles, emphasizes the importance of human testimony as a source of knowledge and challenges the idea that only verifiable experiences should be accepted as truth. Ultimately, the book offers a compelling argument for the plausibility of religious miracles, reminding us that faith, reason, and historical evidence can coexist in our understanding of the world.

About the Author

David Hume was an eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist, and the author of A Treatise of Human Nature, considered by many to be one of the most important philosophical works ever published.

Hume attended the University of Edinburgh at an early age and considered a career in law before deciding that the pursuit of knowledge was his true calling. Hume s writings on rationalism and empiricism, free will, determinism, and the existence of God would be enormously influential on contemporaries such as Adam Smith, as well as the philosophers like Schopenhauer, John Stuart Mill, and Karl Popper, who succeeded him. Hume died in 1776.