Analyzing Hume's Case for Skepticism

Hume in the first Enquiry also draws important consequences from his theory of causal reasoning and causal necessity for the topic of testimony for miracles (EHU 10) - a kind of testimony that, Locke had argued, could provide strong evidence to support claims of divine revelation. Hume first draws from his account of probable inference the conclusion that experience must be our only guide concerning all matters of fact, and that the 'wise' will proportion their beliefs to the experiential evidence. (Falkenstein: 45-61) Thus, where there is a proof (in the sense of a widespread and exception ...