Philosophy - Hume

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this dead man were to come back to life. This
would be a miraculous event because such an experience has not
yet been commonly observed. In which case, his philosophical
view of a miracle would be true.
Hume critiques and discredits the belief in a miracle
merely because it goes against the laws of nature. Hume
defines the laws of nature to be what has been “uniformly”
observed by mankind, such as the laws of identity and gravity.
He views society as being far to liberal in what they consider
to be a miracle. He gives the reader four ideas to support
his philosophy in defining a true miracle, or the belief in a
miracle. These points leads us to believe that there has never
been a miraculous event established.
Hume’s first reason in contradicting a miracle is, in all
of history there has not been a miraculous event with a
sufficient number of witnesses. He questions the integrity of
the men and the reputation in which they hold in society. If
their reputation holds ...

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second hand information.
Miracles lead to such strong temptations, that we as
individuals tend to lose sense of our own belief of fantasy
and reality. As individuals we tend to believe to find
attention, and to gossip of the unknown. Through emotions and
behavior Hume tends to believe there has been many forged
miracles, regardless if the information is somewhat valid or
not.
His third reason in discrediting the belief in a miracle
is testimony versus reality. Hume states, “It forms a strong
presumption against all supernatural and miraculous events,
that they are observed chiefly to abound among ignorant and
barbarous ancestors; or if civilized people has ever given ...

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