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.

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Morgan Luck
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The Non-Existence of God.Nicholas Everitt - 2005 - Philosophical Quarterly 55 (221):692-693.
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