Dominique Urvoy, Marie-Thérèse Urvoy, Enquête sur le miracle coranique

Many contemporary English speakers versed in Enlightenment philosophy will be familiar with David Hume’s maxim that “No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless it is of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact that it tries to establish.” This concept of m...

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Päätekijä: Wilde, Clare
Aineistotyyppi: Article ou chapitre numérique
Kieli:Français
Julkaistu: Bulletin critique des Annales islamologiques 2022
Linkit:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Yhteenveto:Many contemporary English speakers versed in Enlightenment philosophy will be familiar with David Hume’s maxim that “No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless it is of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact that it tries to establish.” This concept of miracle, largely associated with a violation of the laws of nature, is not absent from Arabic or Islamic tradition. Similarly, Arabic also contains the concept of miracles as “signs” (āya, pl. āyāt;...