The Power of God and Miracles

In this paper we explicate the notion of a miracle and highlight a suitable ontological framework for it. Our proposal draws on insights from Aquinas’s discussion of miracles and from the modern ontology of powers. We argue that each substance possesses a characteristic set of natural powers and dis...

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Main Author: Gasser, Georg 1979- (Author)
Contributors: Quitterer, Josef 1962- (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2015]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 247-266
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Omnipotence / Miracle
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
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