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    Challenges→Hume's argument against miracles based on testimony fails because it relies on an ambiguity between 'all testimony' and 'some testimony'

    A parody syllogism exposes the same fallacy: 'Some books are mere trash; Hume's Works are [some] books; therefore [Hume's Works are mere trash]'

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    This is, however, much too crude an argument to carry any weight, since it turns on a simple ambiguity between all testimony and some testimony. Whately offers an amusing parody that makes the fallacy obvious: Some books are mere trash; Hume’s Works are [some] books; therefore, etc.

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