What is right with the miracle argument: Establishing a taxonomy of natural kinds

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 24 (3):391-409 (1993)
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What is wrong with the miracle argument??☆.Martin Carrier - 1991 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 22 (1):23-36.
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