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Miracles as Evidence for the Existence of God: A Response to Frank Jankunis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2014

ROBERT LARMER*
Affiliation:
University of New Brunswick

Abstract

In this article, I respond to Frank Jankunis’s criticisms of my arguments concerning the evidential weight events best explained as miracles provide for theism.

Dans cet article, je réponds aux critiques formulées par Frank Jankunis à l'endroit de mes arguments concernant la force probante fournie au théisme par les événements perçus avantageusement comme des miracles.

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

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