I think my example (of flying around my bedroom) is a good one, because I am pretty sure that WLC would not be even slightly inclined to believe it either. And that is the thing, people don't apply the same principles to all miracle stories. Hume is trying to get people to do that, and not favor the stories one was raised to believe. Hume is also wanting people to think about how one should evaluate them, but part of what he is up to is trying to get people to apply the same standards to all miracle stories.
Also, Hume is not talking about a proof as being like a proof in geometry. He clearly means a more ordinary sort of thing, which is not giving absolute certainty.
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And how dare you question my integrity! If I say I fly around my bedroom every night, I do so!
Also, Hume is not talking about a proof as being like a proof in geometry. He clearly means a more ordinary sort of thing, which is not giving absolute certainty.
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And how dare you question my integrity! If I say I fly around my bedroom every night, I do so!
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
