David Humes

David Humes:

• Athiest

• Philosopher

He argues:

• He doesn't quite say miracles are nonsense and never happen, he starts by defining what a miracle is.

'A breach of the law of nature brought about by deity (God) or some other invisible agent'

• He then goes to argue why its impossible of a miracle happening and why he rejects them.

• His main argument is that laws of nature are fixed, they don't change, really unlikely and there could be other explanations.

• People that claim that a miracle has happened the testomonies of people cannot be trusted.

• If someone tells you they have just experienced a miracle, then you have the choice of whether to believe there has been a violation of the laws of nature and a miracle has happened or the miracle didn't happen and the person is mistaken.

• For Humes the most likely explanation would be that the person is mistaken that a miracle did not occur because in his view the laws of nature have been constant for many centuries.

• No…