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Reply to “Overall and Larmer on Miracles as Evidence for the Existence of God”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2014

CHRISTINE OVERALL*
Affiliation:
Queen’s University

Abstract

In this reply to Frank Jankunis’s paper, “Overall and Larmer on Miracles as Evidence for the Existence of God,” I discuss the concept of miracle as a violation of natural law. I argue that, if a miracle were to occur, it would be an epistemic, ontic, and moral evil, and hence evidence against the existence of a perfect God.

Dans cette réplique à l’article de Frank Jankunis, «Overall and Larmer on Miracles as Evidence for the Existence of God», je traite du concept de miracle comme violation de la loi naturelle. Je soutiens que, s’il advenait un miracle, ce serait un mal épistémique, ontique et moral, et, par conséquent, une preuve qu’il n’existe pas de Dieu parfait.

Type
Intervention: Overall and Larmer on Miracles as Evidence for the Existence of God
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 2014 

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