Tim McGrew Wrecks Hume's Anti-Miracle Argument
David Hume is celebrated for defeating the argument against miracles. But did he? Actually, if his argument is taken to its logical conclusion, it would be a science-stopper. For instance, did you know that scientists, using reasoning like Hume's, once denied the existence of meteorites? Dr. Tim McGrew demolishes David Hume's argument against miracles. This is an excerpt of a talk made at New Orleans Baptist Seminary; you can find the original talk here: • "How to Think About Miracles" | Tim McGrew
Tim McGrew is Professor of Philosophy, and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. His research interests include Epistemology, the History and Philosophy of Science, and Philosophy of Religion. He is a specialist in the philosophical applications of probability theory.
McGrew is referring to philosopher John Earman's book Hume's Abject Failure: The Argument Against Miracles https://amzn.to/3jsIu6v
He has written the entry on miracles for the Stanford Encylopedia of Philosophy, which you can read here: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mi...
Please visit Dr. McGrew's site https://historicalapologetics.org for more on the argument from miracles and all things regarding historical apologetics.
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