University of Tehran Press Philosophy of Religion 2008-7063 15 4 2018 12 22 Richard Swinburne's Response to David Hume's Criticisms of Miracle Richard Swinburne's Response to David Hume's Criticisms of Miracle 937 960 69991 10.22059/jpht.2018.239083.1005492 FA Hossein Jafari Master's Holder in the Philosophy of Religion, Baqir al-Olum University, Qom, Iran Mohammad Fathalikhani Assistant Professor, Research Institute of Hawzeh and University, Qom, Iran Journal Article 2017 05 17 An argument that has been used for long to prove the correctness of the prophets' claims or even at times to prove the existence of God is miracle. However, the conditions that give miracle such a power to prove its claim or more basically the phenomenon that can be proved by miracle are topics that have not been gone unnoticed by the skeptic, empiricist view of David Hume. In response, Richard Swinburne has tried to answer these criticisms to defend Christianity and natural theology. With regard to the fact that it was from 17^th century – that is, after Hume – that the notion of violating the natural laws was imported into the definition of miracle and Swinburne himself stipulates that Hume also believed in this definition of miracle and in fact considered it as the key point in the definition of miracle, the review of the opinions of these two philosophers will be worthwhile. After the presentation of the opinions of both philosophers, the article at hand evaluates them to see whose ideas are more acceptable by Islam. An argument that has been used for long to prove the correctness of the prophets' claims or even at times to prove the existence of God is miracle. However, the conditions that give miracle such a power to prove its claim or more basically the phenomenon that can be proved by miracle are topics that have not been gone unnoticed by the skeptic, empiricist view of David Hume. In response, Richard Swinburne has tried to answer these criticisms to defend Christianity and natural theology. With regard to the fact that it was from 17^th century – that is, after Hume – that the notion of violating the natural laws was imported into the definition of miracle and Swinburne himself stipulates that Hume also believed in this definition of miracle and in fact considered it as the key point in the definition of miracle, the review of the opinions of these two philosophers will be worthwhile. After the presentation of the opinions of both philosophers, the article at hand evaluates them to see whose ideas are more acceptable by Islam. https://jpht.ut.ac.ir/article_69991_a7b4c9d71f07b92c3a315016797baabd.pdf