David Hume on Miracles, Evidence, and Probability - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook David Hume on Miracles, Evidence, and Probability write by William L. Vanderburgh. This book was released on 2019-04-04. David Hume on Miracles, Evidence, and Probability available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. David Hume’s argument against believing in miracles has attracted nearly continuous attention from philosophers and theologians since it was first published in 1748. Hume’s many commentators, however, both pro and con, have often misunderstood key aspects of Hume’s account of evidential probability and as a result have misrepresented Hume’s argument and conclusions regarding miracles in fundamental ways. This book argues that Hume’s account of probability descends from a long and laudable tradition that goes back to ancient Roman and medieval law. That account is entirely and deliberately non-mathematical. As a result, any analysis of Hume’s argument in terms of the mathematical theory of probability is doomed to failure. Recovering the knowledge of this ancient tradition of probable reasoning leads us to a correct interpretation of Hume’s argument against miracles, enables a more accurate understanding of many other episodes in the history of science and of philosophy, and may be also useful in contemporary attempts to weigh evidence in epistemically complex situations where confirmation theory and mathematical probability theory have proven to be less helpful than we would have hoped.
David Hume on God
David Hume on God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook David Hume on God write by David Purdie. This book was released on 2020-04-11. David Hume on God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A central problem for the non-specialist reader over the works of Hume today is that his mellifluous 18th century prose appears strange to our eyes and ears... What follows, therefore, is what the present editors did about it. The central purpose is to open to Hume's original target audience his writings on religious affairs; a subject which was of central importance to him – and which remains of perennial interest to humankind. David Hume's writings on history, politics and philosophy have shaped thought to this day. His bold scepticism ranged from common notions of the 'self ' to criticism of standard theistic proofs. He insisted on grounding understandings of popular religious beliefs in human psychology rather than divine revelation, and he aimed to disentangle philosophy from religion in order to allow the former to pursue its own ends. In this book, Professors David W Purdie and Peter S Fosl decipher some of Hume's most challenging texts for the modern reader, while preserving the sharp intellect and undaunted nerve for which Hume is famous. Hume's spirit is brought alive for contemporary times and his writing is made accessible for its intended audience: the general public.
The Essential David Hume
The Essential David Hume - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Essential David Hume write by David Hume. This book was released on 1969. The Essential David Hume available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. David Hume (1711-76) is the most important philosopher ever to have written in English. Although best known for his contributions to epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion, Hume also made substantial and influential contributions to psychology and the philosophy of mind, ethics, the philosophy of science, political and economic theory, political and social history, and, to a lesser extent, aesthetic and literary theory. Of all of Hume's writings, the philosophically most profound is undoubtedly his first, "A Treatise on Human Nature." "Hume on Morality" introduces and assesses: Hume's life and the background of the "Treatise"; the ideas and text in the "Treatise"; and Hume's continuing importance to philosophy.
The Infidel and the Professor
The Infidel and the Professor - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Infidel and the Professor write by Dennis C. Rasmussen. This book was released on 2019-06-04. The Infidel and the Professor available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dearest friends -- The cheerful skeptic (1711-1749) -- Encountering Hume (1723-1749) -- A budding friendship (1750-1754) -- The historian and the Kirk (1754-1759) -- Theorizing the moral sentiments (1759) -- Fêted in France (1759-1766) -- Quarrel with a wild philosopher (1766-1767) -- Mortally sick at sea (1767-1775) -- Inquiring into the Wealth of Nations (1776) -- Dialoguing about natural religion (1776) -- A philosopher's death (1776) -- Ten times more abuse (1776-1777) -- Smith's final years in Edinburgh (1777-1790) -- Hume's My Own Life and Smith's Letter from Adam Smith, LL. D. to William Strahan, Esq
David Hume’s Humanity
David Hume’s Humanity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook David Hume’s Humanity write by S. Yenor. This book was released on 2016-04-08. David Hume’s Humanity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Scott Yenor argues that David Hume's reputation as a skeptic is greatly exaggerated and that Hume's skepticism is a moment leading Hume to defend common life philosophy and the humane commercial republic. Gentle, humane virtues reflect the proper reaction to the complex mixture of human faculties that define the human condition.
