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David Hume and Miracles Martin Dobson and Dominic Gibben Hume characterised miracles to be 'a transgression of the law of nature by a particular volition of the deity or by the interposition of some invisible agent'. His essay on miracles published within the Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding has long been the definitive text on miracles and as such has been attacked by numerous critics. Part One of the essay is primarily concerned with a priori arguments. A priori literally means 'from what comes before'; hence arguments that can be known to be true or false without reference to experience. To establish the argument employed in Hume's first part of his essay, it may be useful to state his argument in logical form: * Miracles are violations of the laws of nature. * A firm and unalterable experience has established these laws of nature. * Improbable events need witnesses of higher credibility than witnesses required for more...

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