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Defining Miracles: Direct vs. Indirect Causation
Author(s) -
Luck Morgan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
philosophy compass
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.973
H-Index - 25
ISSN - 1747-9991
DOI - 10.1111/phc3.12321
Subject(s) - causation , miracle , philosophy , natural (archaeology) , epistemology , history , theology , archaeology
Abstract 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.