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Miracles

Realist and Anti-Realist Views of Miracle

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Overview

Recall questions on the realist and anti-realist accounts, the violation concept and Hume's definition.

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Answer each one before you reveal it.

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Key term

What does a realist view of miracles claim about their nature?

Key term

What does the natural event understanding of miracles claim?

Key term

What is a natural law in the context of miracle discussions?

Process

Contrast the anti-realist account of miracle with the violation definitions.

Questions from this subtopic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

  1. 1

    What does a realist view of miracles claim about their nature?

    Model answer

    That miracles are objective events that actually occur in the external world, independent of human perception or interpretation.

  2. 2

    According to the anti-realist view, what determines whether something is a miracle?

    Model answer

    Human interpretation, perspective, or the meaning assigned to events by observers, rather than objective supernatural occurrences.

  3. 3

    How does the violation concept define a miracle?

    Model answer

    As a transgression or suspension of a law of nature brought about by a divine being or supernatural power.

  4. 4

    How did David Hume define a miracle?

    Model answer

    As a violation of the laws of nature caused by the volition of a deity or invisible agent.

  5. 5

    Would Hume's definition of a miracle align with a realist or anti-realist view? Explain why.

    Model answer

    A realist view, because Hume's definition requires an actual violation of natural laws caused by a deity, implying an objective supernatural event.

  6. 6

    What does the natural event understanding of miracles claim?

    Model answer

    That miracles are not violations of natural law but are ordinary events interpreted as having special religious or spiritual significance.

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