I've posted Hume's "Of Miracles" from the
Enquiry Concerning Human
Understanding and an article entitled
"The Presumptuousness of Atheism".

What do you think of Hume's argument
against Miracles? Could Hume ever be
convinced a miracle occurred? Is he guilty
of circular reasoning? How does what he
says here relate to what he says about
cause and effect earlier in the Enquiry?
How much can we trust eyewitness
testimony and to what extent is it OK to
"prejudge" the truthfulness of testimony
based on how the content fits in with our
other beliefs or our worldview?

How might "The Presumptiveness of
Atheism" be seen as a rebuttal to Hume?

There will be a few more readings posted
by early next week, including the
Kierkegaard reading. Those of you who
have the reader can go ahead and read
that section. Even though it's in the public
domain, I'm having difficulty finding an
electronic version of the text--I'll probably
end up scanning from the reader; it's only
9 pages. It's the longest piece of reading
you'll have. The rest will be one or two
page notes, commentaries and handouts
from me, along with the final exam study
guide. If you finish the Hume and Copan
reading and want to get ahead, you could
look at the MWF section's conference.
Just make sure to post your thoughts
HERE.

Next week is the last week of classes.
The final will run the following week from
Monday 12/9 at 7:30 to Thursday 12/12 at
5:00 PM. The syllabus said it would begin
at the end of dead week, but I don't think
anyone could be adequately prepared for
it by then, so I'm moving it to begin on
Monday. If this presents a problem for
anyone, let me know right away and we
can make some special arrangements.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Prof. Borrowdale
borrowdalej@lanecc.edu
541-463-5434