Talk:Of Miracles

Latest comment: 13 years ago by 78.147.198.52 in topic First person experience

Not circular, just definitional

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Hume's argument is not entirely circular, but his definitions determine the conclusions. He defines "miracle" as something we can't believe, and it inevitably follows that anything we believe happened was not a miracle. It becomes an epistemological argument. He hasn't proven that miracles don't exist, only that we don't believe in them. — Randall Bart 22:38, 14 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

First, he doesn't define a miracle as something that we can't believe (where do you find that?). Secondly, his aim is indeed epistemological — to show that we can never have grounds to believe that a miracle has occurred. You seem to think that that's a criticism. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 23:30, 14 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject class rating

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First person experience

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Should that criticism even be allowed to remain? I added the who? tag, but first person experience of miracles is commonly known as an anecdote and is not really evidence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheSix (talkcontribs) 22:06, 15 March 2010 (UTC)Reply

Considering the Shroud of Turin was a 14th Century fraud anyway it seems a bit strange to have a reference to it there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.147.198.52 (talk) 16:43, 16 October 2011 (UTC)Reply