What David Hume thinks about physics
Scottish philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment (1711 to 1776), born in Edinburgh; author of A Treatise of Human Nature, the Enquiries, and a History of England.
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1 dated position, c. 1748, in their own words. Our reading of what David Hume has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsA miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
↗An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748; 1777 edition, ed. L. A. Selby-Bigge)gutenberg.org All 7 from this book