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If a miracle is defined as a breach of natural law one can declare a priori that there are no miracles
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If a miracle is defined as a breach of natural law, one can declare a priori that there are no miracles. It doesn't follow however, that there are no miracles in the religious sense of the term." Discuss. 25 Marks From the Latin word miraculum meaning "object of wonder" enters the word miracle. Many definitions have been formed for the notion of a miracle but most would agree that it is most commonly an unexplainable extraordinary event, inspiring awe and wonder unto its witnesses. Similar definitions state that it is a "supernatural event, contrary to the established constitution and course of things or a deviation from the known laws of nature". The term "a priori" refers primarily to the basis on which a proposition is known. If a statement has been written a priori it has been made without prior experience or empirical evidence of what it states. The author of...
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