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    Our experience shows that nature is uniform and regular — Carmelics
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    Supports→The occurrence of rare, unusual, or extraordinary events does not demonstrate that the laws of nature have been violated

    Our experience shows that nature is uniform and regular

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    Hume’s views on miracles have been criticized from a variety of perspectives. Some critics have claimed that Hume, in laying down that miracles run up against uniform experience, is simply assuming at the outset that the probability of miracle occurrences is equal to zero (see Johnson 1999 and Earman 2003). In response to this is has been pointed out that Hume’s concern is not with the factual question as to whether miracles have occurred or not, but with the epistemic question of whether it can

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