Timeline for Are there any proofs that miracles are impossible?
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| Jan 5, 2016 at 21:51 | comment | added | labreuer | It should be noted that your link exposes Hume's formulation to devastating criticism. Just what the "laws of nature" are has become less clear, not more. Any fuzz about what the "laws of nature" are necessarily translates to fuzz in Hume's argument. Such fuzz is devastating to "proofs", which is what the OP is asking about. | |
| Jan 5, 2016 at 11:13 | comment | added | Jeff Y | Well, to be precise, the quote above is presuming "anything that is observed is earthly". For miracles defined as above to be possible, it must be possible to "observe" something that is (and remains) "unearthly". (Whatever that means...) | |
| Jan 4, 2016 at 23:13 | comment | added | user18800 | Hume didn't believe in miracles because his naturalism didn't allow him to. But he didn't provide any evidence that miracles are impossible. | |
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| Jan 4, 2016 at 23:02 | history | answered | Izhaki | CC BY-SA 3.0 |