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Thesis ID: CBB001562845

Natural Theology and Natural History in Darwin's Time: Design, Direction, Superintendence and Uniformity in British Thought, 1818--1876 (2008)

Barnes, Boyd (Author)

Vanderbilt University
Johnson, Dale A.

Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: Advisor: Johnson, Dale A.
Physical Details: 253 pp.
Language: English

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Natural theology Intelligent design (teleology) Natural history Philosophy 19th century Great Britain

This dissertation concerns the history of design argument and natural theology in nineteenth-century Britain. Design arguments, as a general definition, attempt to prove or confirm the existence of God by providing evidence that the natural world is ordered, to some degree, according to a logically pre-existent plan or for a specifiable purpose. The difference between design arguments and natural theology is important although largely contextual, and it may be determined by whether the argument is restricted to a philosophical interest or is represented as an aspect of a larger theology. 2 Observing the logic of various design arguments is essential to this dissertation, but the proper subject is nineteenth-century British natural theology.

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