improbability of events in a particular class of event prejudges “the probability of the truth of an actual report of the event.”[330] As I have been noting, Hume implies that he is arguing inductively. He actually, however, argues deductively based on a conclusion that rests on an inadequate range of data, partly because it has a priori excluded disagreeable evidence. Rather than allowing genuine induction based on evidence, Hume produced a deductive approach that a priori virtually excluded the evidence for miracles. He cites experience against experience—typical experience against rare
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