...Nevertheless, in diametrical contradiction to / his own principles, Hume says elsewhere :— J "It is a miracle that a dead man should come to life: because that has never been observed in any age or country."— (IV. p. 134.) That is to say, there is an uniform experience against such an event, and therefore,...

...experience of the absence of such uniformity. That kind of experience cannot be considered. ' There must be a uniform experience against every miraculous event,...otherwise the event would not merit that appellation.' If there be any experience in favour of the event, that experience does not count. A miracle is counter...

...mtra- lously intervened in away forever impossible to man. poss'bie.1 Says Hume : ' " It is a miracle that a dead man should come to life, because that has never been observed in any age or country." Very true; it would be impossible to believe that one who came to life was ever dead. But it is quite...

...though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle, that a dead man should come to life; because that...otherwise the event would not merit that appellation. And as a uniform experience amounts to a proof, there is here a direct and full proof, from the nature...

...miracle as a violation of the ' laws of nature,' and his argument, concisely stated, is that there must 'be a uniform experience against every miraculous...otherwise the event would not merit that appellation, and as a uniform experience amounts to a proof, there is here a direct and full proof from the nature...

...to miracle; by <<refusing it a hearing. " It is a miracle," Hume says, " that a dead man should ever come to life, because that has never been observed in any age or country." l But then, has it not ? That is the very question to be answered. There is no need for going through...

...though more unusual than any other, has yet been frequently observed to happen. But it is a miracle, that a dead man should come to life ; because that...otherwise the event would not merit that appellation. And as a uniform experience amounts to a proof, there is here a direct and full proof, from the nature...

...But," says Hume, " it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life, because that has never happened in any age or country. There must therefore be a uniform...otherwise the event would not merit that appellation." Is this reasoning? He uses " experience " in two senses. — 4. Hume uses the term experience in two...

...Nevertheless, in diametrical contradiction to his own principles, Hume says elsewhere :— "It is a miracle that a dead man should come to life: because that has never been observed in any age or country." —(IV. p. 134.) That is to say, there is an uniform experience against such an event, and therefore,...

...barefaced a begging of the question as can \vell be imagined. " But," says Hume, " it is a miracle that a dead man should come to life, because that has never happened in any age or country. There must therefore be a uniform experience against every miraculous...