DA LI ČUDA ZAISTA KRŠE PRIRODNI ZAKON? HJUMOVO RAZMATRANJE PROBLEMA ČUDA
DO MIRACLES VIOLATE THE LAWS OF NATURE? HUME’S TREATMENT OF THE PROBLEM OF MIRACLES

Summary/Abstract: The topic of this article covers the problem of the concept of a miracle from the standpoint of contemporary perspective concerning the Laws of Nature and from Hume’s standpoint of whether we are inclined to accept a miracle. This article is divided into two chapters both of which tend to show that we are not in a position to claim that miracles exist. The first reason is psychological in its nature. As Hume’s thesis about our experiencebased relation towards the world shows, we are not able to believe in a story about a miracle since it violates the regularity which is supposed to govern the Nature. Moreover, repeated experience is necessary for us in order to establish causality, but in the case of miracles, we lack such experience. The second reason concerning this presumption is that it does not mean that an event will not be scientifically explained in the future if it cannot be explained yet. Therefore, if the facts that scientific theories are not absolutes and that there are no explanations for such natural phenomena are taken into consideration, the question arises as to whether the concept of a miracle can be discussed.

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