 | David Ray Griffin - 2000 - Страниц: 368
...from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be. ... no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish.. .. the knavery and folly of men are such... | |
 | John Earman - 2000 - Страниц: 236
...covered."t "It is." says Mr. Hume. "и maxim worthy of our attention. that no testimony is suflicient to establish a miracle. unless the testimony be of such a kind. that its falsehood would he more miraculous than the fact winch it endeavours to establish. And even in that case. there is... | |
 | Adam Potkay - 2000 - Страниц: 276
...overview of the poems' history and a critical analysis, see my Fate of Eloquence 189-225. 34 tablish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish; and even in that case there is a mutual... | |
 | John Earman - 2000 - Страниц: 232
...this elucidation. "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... | |
 | Alfred Ayer - 2000 - Страниц: 152
...which Hume had omitted from the Treatise out of prudence. The central argument of 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... | |
 | Michael F. Palmer - 2001 - Страниц: 388
...regard to us.]2 The plain consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention), 'That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish; and even in that case there is a mutual... | |
 | Olav Hammer - 2001 - Страниц: 584
...interposition of some invisible agent". Hume then provides a famous rebuttal of miracles. As Hume puts it: [N]o testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish [. . .] When anyone tells me, that he saw... | |
 | Michael F. Palmer - 2001 - Страниц: 388
...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... | |
 | Jonathan E. Adler - 2006 - Страниц: 388
...locus for the Humean view of testimony. Hume famously concluded: "The plain consequence is ... That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle,...be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavors to establish...'" (1977: 77). Specifically, a miracle... | |
 | Various - 2002 - Страниц: 596
...should command a sick The plain consequence is (and it is a general maxim worthy of our attention) that no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle...be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish. And even in that case there is a mutual destruction... | |
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That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavours to establish... 
