Who believed that miracles are violations of the laws of nature and cannot happen?
Hume
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What was Hume's definition of miracles?
transgression of a natural law by a particular violation of the deity
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What is Hume's inductive problem?
it is irrational to believe in miracles occurring because they violate the laws of nature
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Who saw miracles as violations of the laws of nature but that the laws are 'corrigible' and can change?
Swinburne
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What was Wiles view on miracles?
leads to an arbitrary or bias God
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What was Swinburne's 4 kinds of evidence for miracles?
memories, testimony, modern science, physical traces
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Who said that miracles were only claimed from uneducated people, ignorant and barbarous nations, different religions contradict and have a tendency to come from religious people?
Hume
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What testimonies did Swinburne use to back up miracles?
Principle of Testimony and Credulity
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What was Hume's definition of miracles?
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transgression of a natural law by a particular violation of the deity
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What is Hume's inductive problem?
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Who saw miracles as violations of the laws of nature but that the laws are 'corrigible' and can change?
What ever you do don't get Hume's definition wrong!!! It's not violation, it's volition!!!
His definition is: 'A transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the deity or by the interposition of some invisible agent'
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