Hume on Miracles: Bayesian Interpretation, Multiple Testimony, and the Existence of God

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-65

  Holder, Rodney D ^a,b  

^a Great Wolford   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0345921707     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/49.1.49     Document Type: Article

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