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Naturalism and wonder: Peirce on the logic of hume's argument against miracles

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Legg, C. Naturalism and wonder: Peirce on the logic of hume's argument against miracles. Philosophia 28, 297–318 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02379782

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