Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Peterfreund, S

Titel

Turning Points in Natural Theology from Bacon to Darwin: The Way of the Argument from Design

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

New York: Palgrave Macmillan

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 01 02 Turning Points in Natural Theology from Bacon to Darwin discusses important changes that took place in the argument from design, the staple rhetorical formation of natural theology, during the period from Francis Bacon (1561-1626) to Charles Darwin (1809-82). After a discussion of the circumstances under which Bacon came to be the first to use the term natural theology in English, the book shows that the object of design undergoes a shift. For Bacon, the object of design is the creature. For Robert Boyle and those following his lead, the object of design is the mechanism. For Isaac Newton and those following him, the object of design is the nested system. For William Paley and the writers of the Bridgewater Treatises, the object of design is the system more generally. And for Darwin, the object of design is interactive systems. 31 02 A discussion of the crucial moments in the historical development of natural theology in England 04 02 An Argument about the Argument from Design Natural Theology, Leading up to Bacon Getting Back to the Garden and the Temple: Bacon, the Design of the Creature, Deferral, and Instauration Leaving Bacon Behind: Robert Boyle's Legacy and the Mechanization of Natural Theology The Second Moses Reconsidered, or, Back to Bacon and Beyond: Mosaic Natural Theology in the Age of Newton Systems within Systems: From Newton to Paley From Paley to Darwin: The Design of the Macrosystem Intelligent Design? 02 02 Discusses crucial moments in the historical development of natural theology in England from the time of Francis Bacon to that of Charles Darwin. While the argument from design remains the rhetorical method of choice for natural theologians throughout the three centuries in question, the locus and object of design undergo a change. 19 02 Author is a well-known and senior scholar This book looks at the cultural and theological argument surrounding natural design from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, which is important to the debate today 13 02 Stuart Samuel Peterfreund is a senior associate dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs in the department of English at Northeastern University.