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Coda: ‘Of Miracles’
In Hume's problem: induction and the justification of belief. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 241-246 (2000)
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The coda discusses Hume's famous account of miracles in the Enquiry, and his criterion for belief in miracles, and shows that it amounts to a simple argument in the probability calculus.Author's Profile
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