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Defining Miracles: Direct vs. Indirect Causation
Philosophy Compass 11 (5):267-276 (2016)
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In this paper, a candidate necessary condition of a miracle is introduced: the direct restriction. The direct restriction holds that all miraculous effects have direct non-natural causes.Author's Profile
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Miraculosity claims as inferences to the best explanation: why reasoning about miracles must be abductive.Justin Felip D. Daduya - forthcoming - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
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Water Into Wine?: An Investigation of the Concept of Miracle.Robert A. Larmer - 1988 - Mcgill-Queen's University Press.
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