Hume on the testimony for miracles

This study attempts to analyze and appraise the conception of testimony advanced by David Hume in his essay “Of Miracles.” It shows that Hume's conception of testimony can best be understood through a context of presuppositions drawn from his over‐all philosophical position. It concludes that although Hume's essay, when considered merely as an attack on or dismissal of miracles, is in several ways beside the point, it nonetheless deserves more attention as a conception of testimony than it has hitherto received from students of argumentation.