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The Natural Theology of Evolution book cover

1st Edition

The Natural Theology of Evolution

By J. N. Shearman Copyright 1915
314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more

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

Biography

J. N. Shearman

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