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008			930722s1994 enk b 001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aBT97.2 _b.H68 1994
082	0	0	_aARCH YNDC 212 H843R _220
100	1		_aHouston, J. _q(Joseph) _912871
245	1	0	_aReported miracles : _ba critique of Hume / _cJ. Houston
260			_aCambridge, _bCambridge University Press, _c©1994
300			_axii, 264 pages ; _c23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 258-261) and index
505	0		_aAugustine on the miraculous -- Aquinas on the miraculous -- Locke on the miraculous-- Bradley and Troeltsch on the miraculous -- The concept of a miracle -- 1, 2 -- Hume's case -- preamble to assessment -- Hume's case tested -- 1, 2 -- Reported miracles and epistemology -- Reported miracles in theology
520			_aSuppose that one is presented with a report of a miracle as an exception to nature's usual course. Should one believe the report and so come to favour the idea that a god has acted miraculously? David Hume argued that no reasonable person should do anything of the kind. Many religiously skeptical philosophers agree with him, and have both developed and defended his reasoning, while some theologians concur or offer other reasons why those who are believers in God should also refuse to accept accounts of miracles as accurate reportage. This book argues to the contrary. Miracle stories can and may have apologetic value, may contribute towards the reasonableness of belief in God, while appropriately attested miracles may be accepted by believers in God. 'But', it may be insisted, 'scientists and historians, and all of us who want to believe rightly, judiciously, and justifiably, must assume that natural laws always hold, or else epistemic anarchy looms'. Epistemological responses to these worries are forthcoming in this study, and the variously inadequate attitudes of leading twentieth century theologians are repaired where repair is possible. The discussion yields reasons for a fuller integration of theology with the other sciences than is common. These issues have a long history. So the book begins with a careful exposition in their own terms of the views of principal relevant thinkers; this contributes to the history of ideas, as well as presenting essential resources for the argumentative and evaluative study which follows
600	1	0	_aHume, David, _d1711-1776 _xReligion _912591
650		0	_aMiracles _xHistory of doctrines _912872
650		0	_aGod _xProof _97841
653	0		_aEpistemology
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