The Natural Theology of Evolution

ISBN-13: 9780367273187 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 310 str.

J. N. Shearman

Opis

Originally published in 1915, The Natural Theology of Evolution looks at the concept of natural theology, examining the argument for the existence of God based on reason and ordinary experiences of nature. The book looks at natural theology in light of Darwin's theory of evolution, and how this important discovery affected belief in intelligent design. The book argues that the discovery of evolution, far from diminishing the existence of God, provides stronger proof for an intelligently designed earth and therefore the existence of God. This book provides a unique and interesting take on the debates surrounding evolution in the late 19th and early 20th century. It will be of interest to philosophers, historians of religion and natural historians alike.

Spis treści

Part I: A Common-sense Argument  1. The Common-sense View  2. Paley’s Common-sense View  3. The Implications of the Common-sense View  4. The State of the Argument  5. The Question About Evolution  6. What Chance Variation May Do  7. What Chance Variation Cannot Do  8. Creative Evolution  Note to Part I: Mendelism and Mutationism  Part II: A More Abstract or Philosophical Argument  9. Necessity  10. Chance  11. Unlimited Chance  12. Infinite Numbers  13. The Chance-Plus-Order Series  14. Natural Groups and Series  Part III: The Application of the Argument  15. The Fertilisation of the Cuckoo-Pint and of the Aristolochia  16. The Fertilisation of Orchids  17. The Eye  18. An Insectivorous Plant  19. A Bird’s Flight  20. The Pecten’s Eye  21. The Asymmetry of the Plaice  22. Instinct  Part IV: Objections Considered  Some Objections

O autorze

J. N. Shearman