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New Paper on Hume on Miracles
Ahmed, Arif. "Hume and the Independent Eyewitnesses", Mind (first published online August 2015). The paper offers a reply to the "independent witnesses" criticism raised by Earman, McGrew, et al. Here's the abstract:
The Humean argument concerning miracles says that one should always think it more likely that anyone who testifies to a miracle is lying or deluded than that the alleged miracle actually occurred, and so should always reject any single report of it. A longstanding and widely accepted objection is that even if this is right, the concurring and non-collusive testimony of many witnesses should make it rational to believe in whatever miracle they all report. I argue that on the contrary, even multiple reports from non-collusive witnesses lack the sort of independence that could make trouble for Hume.And if a copy should find its way to my inbox...
UPDATE: Thanks!
Two Important New Books By J.L. Schellenberg...
...are now out:
The Hiddenness Argument: Philosophy's New Challenge to Belief in God (OUP, 2015).
Evolutionary Religion (OUP, 2015).
Also, be on the lookout for Adam Green & Eleanore Stump (eds.) Hidden Divinity and Religious Belief: New Perspectives (CUP, 2016), which is due to come out in January.
The Hiddenness Argument: Philosophy's New Challenge to Belief in God (OUP, 2015).
Evolutionary Religion (OUP, 2015).
Also, be on the lookout for Adam Green & Eleanore Stump (eds.) Hidden Divinity and Religious Belief: New Perspectives (CUP, 2016), which is due to come out in January.
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