Against Miracles as Law-Violations
Miracles are commonly understood in the way David Hume defined them: as violations of the laws of nature. I argue, however, that the conjunction of Humes definition with a neo-Humean view of the laws of nature yields objectionable consequences. In particular, the two jointly imply that some miracle...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2015]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 83-98 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Miracle
/ Law of nature
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God |
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