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This vital study offers a new interpretation of Hume's famous "Of Miracles," which notoriously argues against the possibility of miracles. By situating Hume's popular argument in the context of the 18th century debate on miracles, Earman shows Hume's argument to be largely unoriginal and chiefly without merit where it is original. Yet Earman constructively conceives how progress can be made on the issues that Hume's essay so provocatively posed about the ability of eyewitness testimony to establish the credibility of marvelous and miraculous events.

• Prefacep. vii
• Abbreviationsp. xi
• Hume on Miraclesp. 1
• Hume's Religious Orientationp. 4
• The Origins of Hume's Essayp. 6
• The Puzzles of Hume's Definitions of Miracles""""""""p. 8
• Conceptions of Miraclesp. 9
• What a Miracle is for Humep. 12
• The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miraclesp. 14
• The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miraclesp. 20
• The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miraclesp. 22
• The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miraclesp. 24
• The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miraclesp. 26
• The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miraclesp. 29
• The Eighteenth-Century Debate on Miraclesp. 30
• The Indian Princep. 33
• Hume's Maximp. 38
• Hume's Maximp. 43
• Hume's Diminution Principlep. 49
• Multiple Witnessingp. 53
• Multiple Witnessingp. 56
• Multiple Witnessingp. 59
• Multiple Witnessingp. 61
• Probabilifying Religious Doctrinesp. 65
• Hume's Contrary Miracles Argumentp. 67
• Hume's Contrary Miracles Argumentp. 70
• Appendix: on Probabilityp. 75
• Notesp. 77
• Works Citedp. 87
• Additional Bibliographyp. 93
• The Documentsp. 95
• Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6p. 107
• Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6p. 114
• Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6p. 120
• Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6p. 125
• Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6p. 132
• Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6p. 140
• Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6p. 153
• Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6p. 157
• Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6p. 172
• Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6p. 176
• Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6p. 193
• Benedict De Spinoza, a Theologico-Political Treatise (1670), Chapter 6p. 194
• Charles Babbage, Ninth Bridgewater Treatise (2d Ed. 1838), Chapter 10, """"On Hume's Argument Against Miracles""""p. 203
• Indexp. 213