Lawson, G. H. K.; McOrist, S.; Sabri, J. and Mackie, R. A. (1993): Intracellular bacteria of porcine proliferative enteropathy: Cultivation and maintenance in vitro. J Clin Microbiol 31: 1136 – 1142. McOrist, S.; Jasni, S.; Mackie, R. A.; MacIntyre, N.; Neef, N. and Lawson, G. H. K. (1993): Reproduction of porcine proliferative enteropathy with pure cultures of ileal symbiont intracellularis. I...

one of the most significant issues in meta–ethics is moral realism, which has been criticized so much. one of the main criticisms of it has been offered by j.l. mackie. he believes that moral properties depend upon our feelings and emotions and they don't refer to reality; so, they have no causal explanation and cannot give us any knowledge. therefore any judgment about moral properties is...

A recent discussion of Hume's argument concerning the rationality of accepting a belief that a miracle has occurred is given by J. L. Mackie in The Miracle of Theism. Mackie believes that Hume's argument is essentially correct, although he attempts to clarify and strengthen it. Any version of Hume's argument depends upon one's conception of miracles and laws of nature; I will argue that Mackie ...