Hume Destroys Testimony - Ep.315

Hume Destroys Testimony – All Testimony – Ep.315 – Miracles – Hume and the Philosophic Questions – Part 4

Patrick March 24, 2025

Hume Destroys Testimony – All Testimony

Hume is back at it again with destroying more of our ability to know things. Here, we look at how Hume destroys testimony – all testimony. His standard for witnesses is so unreasonable that no witnesses can match it. His description of the normal goings of nature leaves no room for unusual events – even events we know happen. Hume is really losing a lot just to not accept miracles.

Timeline:

00:00 – Introduction
01:10 – Hume Mistreats Witnesses Because Of Nature
04:13 – Hume Wouldn’t Let Witnesses Into Courts No Matter How Good The Math Is
07:30 – Hume’s Standard For Witnesses Doesn’t Allow For Witness Evidence
10:00 – Hume Is Swine Before Casted Pearls
11:26 – No Uniform Experience Of Miracles That Hume Wants
13:29 – Hume Doesn’t Get What He Wants With Witnesses
15:00 – Unusual Events Doesn’t Mean Unreliable
15:56 – A Documented Unusual Event With Witnesses – Hume Would Ignore It!
17:43 – What About The Lottery? An Argument Based On Presupposition
20:09 – We Should Expect Unlikely Events At Times
23:29 – Summary
24:31 – Conclusion