The Curious Case of Mr. Locke’s Miracles
Locke considers miracles to be crucial in establishing the credibility and reasonableness of Christian faith and revelation. The performance of miracles, he argues, is vital in establishing the “credit of the proposer” who makes any claim to providing a divine revelation. He accords reason a pivotal...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2005
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| In: |
International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2005, Volume: 57, Issue: 3, Pages: 147-168 |
| Further subjects: | B
Genuine Miracle
B Pivotal Role B Divine Revelation B Genuine Claim B Christian Faith |
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| Summary: | Locke considers miracles to be crucial in establishing the credibility and reasonableness of Christian faith and revelation. The performance of miracles, he argues, is vital in establishing the “credit of the proposer” who makes any claim to providing a divine revelation. He accords reason a pivotal role in distinguishing spurious from genuine claims to divine revelation, including miracles. According to Locke, genuine miracles contain the hallmark of the divine such that pretend revelations become intuitively obvious. This paper argues that serious tensions exist in Locke’s position regarding miracles, which impact on the reasonableness of the assent to Christianity which he presumes they provide. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-004-1682-7 |