LEADER 04225nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910789441203321 005 20230721014330.0 010 $a1-283-12255-3 010 $a9786613122551 010 $a1-4411-3130-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000092797 035 $a(EBL)711029 035 $a(OCoLC)727649538 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000524818 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12186751 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524818 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10483723 035 $a(PQKB)11251086 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC711029 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL711029 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10472167 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL312255 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000092797 100 $a20060619d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe philosophy of miracles$b[electronic resource] /$fDavid Corner 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cContinuum$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (175 p.) 225 1 $aContinuum studies in philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8264-8887-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Conceptions of the miraculous -- Supernaturalistic conceptions of the miraculous -- Teleology and the miraculous -- Contextual criteria for the miraculous -- Miracles and the laws of nature -- The logical impossibility of a violation -- Violations as nonrepeatable counterinstances to natural law -- Objection #1: nonrepeatable counterinstances as falsifying a law -- Objection #2: identifying nonrepeatable counterinstances -- Objection #3: counterinstance as anomaly -- A supernaturalistic conception of natural law -- Identifying supernatural intrusions : an objection -- The concept of supernatural cause as empty -- A supernaturalistic response -- Miracles and causes -- What is a supernatural cause? -- Nature as causally open -- Trans-domain laws -- Dualism and the supernatural -- Supernatural explanation -- Nowell-Smith and predictive expansion -- Do explanations always rely on laws? -- Paul Dietl's response to Nowell-Smith's challenge -- Analysis of Dietl's response -- Problems with Dietl's response -- Divine agency in religious practice -- Miracle as basic action -- Must 'miracle' be conceived teleologically? -- Divine agency without supernatural causation -- Miracles and interaction -- Miracles and natural causes -- Miracle, mystery, and the God-of-the-gaps -- Miracle and divine agency -- The world as God's body -- Basic mental acts -- Psychokinesis as basic act -- Non-basic divine agency -- Divine agency and non-determined processes -- The causal joint -- Locating divine basic actions : how far down should we go? -- Divine manipulation of microprocesses : an alternative -- Arguments for divine basic actions at the macro level -- Quantum gaps and special divine agency -- A context for miracles -- Thankability and the miraculous -- Thankability and the subjective : an objection -- Due thankability -- Due thankability and apologetic -- Miracle, coincidence, and counterfactual -- Counterfactuals and basic actions. 330 $aPhilosophers who wish to argue for the rationality of belief in God frequently employ a 'god-of-the-gaps' strategy. 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