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This 4 page paper explores the basic ideas in Hume's "Miracles" essay and theoretically addresses how Hume might respond to psychic John Edwards. This paper presents the reasons why Hume would not support the work of Edwards based upon his philosophical ideology. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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which most people are willing to adhere. Basically, Hume did not believe in "miracles", saying that they were a violation of the laws of nature (David Hume on Miracles,
2003). He believed that everything had a basis in natural law, and the inability to determine what natural law applied to the "miraculous" situation would not negate the presence
of such a law (David Hume on Miracles, 2003). Obviously, John Edwards does not believe such things, nor do his
followers. In fact, John Edwards bases his entire livelihood on that which cannot be seen, heard or otherwise rationally deciphered. He deals entirely in the realm of "miracles",
and believes wholeheartedly in the notion that some things do indeed exist outside the realm of reason and natural law.
Hume asserted that there is no testimony that could ever sufficiently establish that a miracle has occurred (David Hume on Miracles, 2003). Furthermore, the only time that a miracle
could actually be believed to have occurred would be if the testimony itself has more probability of being miraculous if it was fictitious (David Hume on Miracles, 2003). In
other words, lets say that someone came along and said that the sky was falling and that it was a miracle! Basically what Hume is saying is that the
probability of the person saying a fictitious thing is far more probable than the sky itself actually falling, and therefore this is not justification of a miracle.
Edwards would disagree with this assessment which is presented by Hume. Edwards "speaks" with the dead, and relays their messages. He
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