Religious Studies

Table of Contents - 1982 - Volume 18, Issue 01  

Articles

Miracles and Good Evidence

Douglas Odegarda1

a1 Professor of Philosophy, University of Guelph

I. Introduction There are still those who think that, if the word ‘miracle’ means a violation of a law of nature, miracles are either impossible or undetectable or a threat to science. I shall take the opposite side and argue that, thus defined, miracles are possible, are detectable in principle, and, again in principle, can be endorsed without compromising legitimate scientific aspirations.