The Possibility of Miracles
Edited by Daniel von Wachter (International Academy of Philosophy In The Principality of Liechtenstein)
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Summary | Some have argued that miracles are impossible because the laws of nature or the causal structure of the world leaves no room for this. Others have held that the existence of probabilistic, chancy processes makes miracles possible. A third position is that even without probabilistic processes there is room for miracles. This category contains also texts that investigate whether there is ’room’ for miracles and how they fit into the causal structure of the world. |
Key works | That miracles are impossible has been claimed by Spinoza unknown, ch. 6, Voltaire 1972 (‘Miracles’) and Feuerbach 1843, ch. 13. More recently, many members of the Divine Action Project have assumed that miracles are impossible. See Russell et al 1993. The possibility of miracles has been defended by Swinburne 1970 and Larmer 1988. Fales 2009 argues that a non-temporal God cannot intervene. von Wachter 2009 argues that miracles are also possible if there are no probabilistic processes and that miracles are not violations of the laws of nature. |
Introductions | Encyclopedia: McGrew 2011, § 3.1.1. Treatise: Larmer 1988. |
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