David Hume and the Mysterious Shroud of Turin

Religious Studies 27 (2):209 - 222 (1991)
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Contrary to Hume’s contention, there is no essential connection between miracles and violations of natural laws. Not only may violations of natural law be utterly nonmiraculous, miracles may occur in complete conformity with such laws. Furthermore, a proper understanding of miracles in terms of divine agency places them into an epistemic context where the growth of science does not directly threaten their possibility

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Miracles.Michael Levine - 2008 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
The Hume Literature, 1986-1993.William E. Morris - 1994 - Hume Studies 20 (2):299-326.
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