(May 18, 2015 at 9:28 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: If I understand Hume's position, it's an argument to the most likely hypothesis, a la Bayes. I haven't finished Craig's paper but he seems to be arguing that assigning the probability of a miracle to be low in comparison to the alternatives is a form of begging the question. I confess I have some sympathy for Craig's position.
Have you read Hume? It is best to read him first, rather than reading a reply to him first. You will then be in a better position to know whether the reply is misrepresenting Hume or not.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
