In his book An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, he dedicates a section to explain how unlikely miracles are; this is section X. ... For Hume the highest court of appeal is probability. ... Obviously, human testimony can be true or not(either a lie or exaggeration of the truth). ... Hume says that people believe in miracles for three reasons. ... All Hume is doing is avoiding answering the real question. ...
Summation of Hume's Inquiry Section 5 Section five part one of Hume's An Inquiring Concerning Human Understanding is an opposition of the skeptical philosophy. Hume felt that philosophies that were designed to suspend all judgments or to doubt, such as Foundationalism, confined understanding to very narrow bounds and that these kinds of fences should not be put up; also that there is a principle or a step inside the mind that is not supported by understanding or by any argument. Hume states that this principle is custom or habit. ... In Part two of section five Hume talks about ...
Locke wrote his essay concerning human understanding in 1690 offering the renowned metaphor comparing the mind to lank slate on which experience writes. This statement clearly and concisely describes his belief that human understanding ultimately derives from experiences that are perceived through the senses, not through some kind of predetermined reaction. ... Human nature is to seek pleasure and avoid pain. ... John Locke and David Hume upheld the belief that sensible things were composed of material substance, the basic framework for the materialist position. ... Hume Defuse the threat to e...
