ABSTRACT
This part introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters. The part considers Hume's argument as a disaster. Hume suggests that his argument might "be an everlasting check to all kinds of superstitious delusion." And ultimately he thinks he can show that "no human testimony can have such force as to prove a miracle, and make it a just foundation for" any of the "popular religions". This argument has attracted a good deal of attention. There was no shortage of people writing responses to Hume's essay in the eighteenth century. Millican does grant that there are difficulties with Hume's position, even when it is correctly understood. But he ends by recommending a revised Humean view that could avoid these difficulties.
