There is no dominant conceptual analysis of ‘miracle’ such that Putnam’s sentence has a clear and distinct meaning. (I may be incorrect about this; I do not follow Philosophy of Religion.) Of course, since Putnam was writing to an extremely secular audience (by American standards), ‘miracle’ is a useful slur that essentially translates to ‘WTF is this I don’t even’.
Putnam of all people really should have known better than to use the word ‘miracle’.
How do you figure??
There is no dominant conceptual analysis of ‘miracle’ such that Putnam’s sentence has a clear and distinct meaning. (I may be incorrect about this; I do not follow Philosophy of Religion.) Of course, since Putnam was writing to an extremely secular audience (by American standards), ‘miracle’ is a useful slur that essentially translates to ‘WTF is this I don’t even’.