Miracles and natural explanations: A rejoinder

Sophia 28 (3):7 - 12 (1989)
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IN HIS ARTICLE "MIRACLES AND NATURAL EXPLANATION" DAVID BASINGER TAKES ISSUE WITH THE CLAIM I ADVANCED IN MY EARLIER ARTICLE "MIRACLES AND CRITERIA" THAT ONLY A DOGMATIC AND UNCRITICAL ASSUMPTION THAT NATURE IS IN FACT AN ISOLATED SYSTEM CAN EXPLAIN THE INSISTENCE OF SOME PHILOSOPHERS THAT, NO MATTER WHAT THE EVENT AND NO MATTER WHAT THE CONTEXT IN WHICH IT OCCURS, IT IS ALWAYS MORE RATIONAL TO LIVE IN THE FAITH THAT SUCH AN EVENT HAS A NATURAL EXPLANATION RATHER THAN BELIEVE IT A MIRACLE. BASINGER URGES THAT MY ARGUMENT CONTAINS TWO BASIC CONFUSIONS. IN REPLY, I ARGUE THAT BOTH HIS OBJECTIONS ARE MISTAKEN

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Robert A. Larmer
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Miracles, Evidence, and God.Robert Larmer - 2003 - Dialogue 42 (1):107-.
Miracles, Evidence, and God.Robert Larmer - 2003 - Dialogue 42 (1):107-122.

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Miracles and criteria.Robert Larmer - 1984 - Sophia 23 (1):5 - 12.
Miracles and natural explanations.David Basinger - 1987 - Sophia 26 (3):22 - 26.

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