What will David Hume endeavor to do in the text that follows this opening sentence? ?
Consider the following sentence, "A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined." What will David Hume endeavor to do in the text that follows this opening sentence?
Prove why miracles can occur
Demonstrate why miracles do not occur
Take an agnostic view towards miracles
None of the above
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Hume says nothing about whether a miracle OCCURS or not, but, relying entirely on the "unalterable experience", argues that experience itself gives ENTIRE guarantee of "the proof against a miracle". Thus, it is the theoretic review of the miracle theme. The sentence about "violation of the laws of nature" does not go beyond our EMPIRIC experience with all its suggestions and conclusions. Hume is a very cautious man to try to "Prove why miracles can occur" or "Demonstrate why miracles do not occur". To me, it is correct to choose item 3: "Take an agnostic view towards miracles". Hume is broadly known as a theoretician of skepticism, so in this question (miracle) he is closer to agnosticism.