Analyzation Of Hume Miracles

George S. Diaz
17th and 18th Century Philosophy
Professor Mandik

Analyzation of Hume Miracles

In reading the Enquiry, we have to consider on how Hume’s position is on human understanding and how knowledge is obtained will provide a distinct relationship. We know that he believes that humans gain this knowledge through our senses. Hume has provided two phrases on knowledge and how they are provided. He had stated that the experience that we gain is known as “Matters of Fact” and “Relations of Ideas”. Hume is telling us that the “matters of fact” is how we interact with the external world and “Relations of ideas” is from the internal world or the pure thought. Hume has set out a distinction of all references for the study of humans and
Why not those who are living and suffering in other parts of the world? All I thought was that these people just wanted attention or just a herd of liars supporting each other. As a young person we were not to question about god and his powers, if you did you were committing the devils works. How come we are not to question the laws of nature and miracles, these two are conflicting and Hume has provided his work for us to understand this. Miracles are written and had been witness by some of the authors that has written in the bible. Hume stated that we have no reason to believe or consider miracles. In section 12 “In miracles “Hume writes “A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.”. We are relying on testimony from persons who are either of great importance or not and then it depends on how many witnessed this event. If the miracle is observed from a great or important person do we need witnesses to confirm this truly happened? If those people who are not of importance how many people are
His education was through a faith based system that he knew that this information was impounded into his mind. So reasoning was out, he accepted the education he received but felt that learning from the world itself to obtain knowledge was far important. He know that we were all born with reasoning skills that will help us through our lives and education is the key factor becoming knowledgeable. Many faith based individual are not knowledgeable of their minds, they are too into the customs that they have been brought up. This is what shapes their so called reason even it disobeys the laws of nature. This is their capacity of reasoning and unfortunately people who have doubts are considered atheist. This is what Hume encountered in his time, being known as an atheist. Hume only wanted to determine an argument that was from centuries old known miracles, that it was the possibility of falsity of man’s testimonies. Humes Quote from section 2 “Nothing is so convenient as a decisive argument of this kind, which must at least silence the most arrogant bigotry and superstition, and free us from their impertinent solicitations. I flatter myself, that I have discovered an argument of a like nature, which, if just, will, with the wise and learned, be an everlasting check to all kinds of superstitious delusion”. As Hume provided with his views on miracles and not relying on testimonies. From