...this chapter That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact, which it endeavours to establish' (E 115-16), with its iconoclastic implications, procured Hume more fame among his contemporaries than...

..."The plain consequence is, and it is a GENERAL MAXIM, worthy of our attention, That NO TESTIMONY is SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH A MIRACLE; UNLESS THE TESTIMONY BE OF SUCH A K1ND, THAT ITS FALSEHOOD WOULD BE MORE IMPROBABLE THAN THE FACT WHICH IT ENDEAVORS TO ESTABLISH." If...

...invisible agent". Hume then provides a famous rebuttal of miracles. As Hume puts it: [N]o testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...fact, which it endeavours to establish [. . .] When anyone tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself, whedier...

...The plain consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), 'That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish; and even in that case there is a mutual destruction of arguments, and the superior only gives us an...

...is a general maxim worthy of our artention), That no testimony is sufficient to esrablish a mitacle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more mitaculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to esrablish; and even in that case there is a murual...

...clearly purported to have many witnesses. For Hume, however, this makes no difference: No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony...miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish; and even in that case there is a mutual destruction of arguments, and the superior only gives us assurance...

...in his essay 'Of Miracles': 'it is a general maxim worthy of our attention ... that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony...miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.' 4 In the history of science there have been many occasions in which seemingly miraculous phenomena...

...writing a millennium later, would base his essay on miracles, namely, the maxim that 'no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish' (Hume 1975: 116). Significantly, Hume uses an example that involves not only illusion and deception...

...are the historical testimonies of such "prodigies," the "plain consequence" is "that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish."91 In the second section of the essay, Hume examines the sorts of testimony upon which the...

...existence of post-biblical miracles on the basis of unreliable testimony. In his words: 'no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony...miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to conceal'.22 It was unacceptable to rely on the uncorroborated 'evidence' of credulous bystanders (up...