David Hume’s Discourse “On Miracles”: An Evaluative Study

Rev. Fr. Joseph T. Ekong, O.P, Ph. D
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Dominican University, Ibadan, Nigeria
DOI – DOI- http://doi.org/10.37502/IJSMR.2022.5621

Abstract

In this paper my aim is to discuss Hume’s definition of miracles. I shall also address the problem of “causality” and “induction” as themes related to Hume’s thesis on miracles, in order to have a better understanding of his position. This paper assumes the existence of God, as revealed in Christian Scripture, but does not have as its purpose the attempt to prove it, although God’s existence and the working of miracles in this world are, without doubt, related. Finally, adopting an analytic and critical style, this work will assess the putative worth, if any, of Hume’s anti-miracle arguments, with an advocacy for a synergy between faith and reason, in religious practices.

Keywords: Agnosticism, Discourse, Implications, Miracles, Religion, Theism.

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