Turning Points in Natural Theology from Bacon to Darwin: The Way of the Argument from Design (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)

by S. Peterfreund

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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.
  • ISBN13 9780230108844
  • Publish Date 6 August 2012
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 193
  • Language English