David Hume's essay and his scepticism of miracles

David Hume's essay on miracles is regarded as a major contribution to the debate about miracles

• He wrote it to convince people that the appeal to miracles could not demonstrate the truth of Christianity or religion in general
• The essay is in 2 parts
  • Part 1 attempts to show on philosophical grounds that the evidence against the occurrence of a purported miracle strongly outweighs the evidence in favour…