- Tytuł:
- Miracle, Coincidence, and Supernatural Cause
- Autorzy:
- Corner, David
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/431361.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2013
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
- Tematy:
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miracle
coincidence
supernatural cause
divine action
basic action
cud
koincydencja
przyczyna nadnaturalna
działanie Boga
proste działanie - Opis:
- Some, or all, of the events that are usually taken to be miracles might be explained as falling under the scope of statistical laws, and thus be susceptible to natural explanation. Arguably, they would then be reduced to the status of mere coincidences. Is it reasonable (1) to consider such events as being caused by God, (2) to be divine interventions, or even (3) to consider them to be instances of divine agency at all? Finally, (4) would their status as miracles be undermined? In this paper I focus on the first three questions. I argue that it would not be reasonable to consider them as being caused by God; nevertheless, there is nothing standing in the way of our describing them as expressing divine agency or as divine interventions. In regard to (4), I offer considerations in favor of such events being accepted as miracles, but I do not attempt to give a decisive answer to this question here.
- Źródło:
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Studia Philosophiae Christianae; 2013, 49, 2; 5-26
0585-5470 - Pojawia się w:
- Studia Philosophiae Christianae
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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