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Encyclopedia: William Paley

William Paley (July 1743 – May 25, 1805) was an English divine, Christian apologist, utilitarian, and philosopher. He is best remembered for his watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of God in his book Natural Theology.

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List of utilitarians

This is an incomplete list of advocates of utilitarianism. John Austin Jeremy Bentham Epicurus William Godwin George Grote R. M. Hare John Harsanyi David Hume James Mill John Stuart Mill William Paley David Pearce Karl Popper David Ricardo Bertrand Russell Henry Sidgwick Peter Singer J. J. C...

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Natural theology

this approach. Also William Paley described the teleological argument for God. Contemporary criticisms of Paley's work are found in David Hume's posthumous Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion...

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1785 in literature

Johnson - James Boswell The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy - William Paley The Valour of...

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Frederick Apthorp Paley

Frederick Apthorp Paley (January 14, 1815 - December 8, 1888), was an English classical scholar. Born at Easingwold in Yorkshire, he was the grandson of William Paley, and was educated at Shrewsbury... Kensington. This institution was closed in 1877 for lack of funds, and Paley removed to Boscombe...

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The Blind Watchmaker

macroevolutionary theories. In his choice of the title for this book, Dawkins makes reference to William Paley's statement of the idea of Natural theology . Paley, arguing over fifty years before Charles Darwin... previous book The Selfish Gene . Both books are intended to popularize the Williams Revolution in...

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1805

- William Paley, philosopher May 28 - Luigi Boccherini, Italian classical music performer October 21...

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Spontaneous order

itself as ultimate examples of this phenomenon, while Creationists such as William Paley have argued...

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Evolutionary psychology

particular environments was eloquently argued by William Paley (who, in turn, drew upon the work of many...

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Infinite monkey theorem

several scientific points regarding the plausibility of Darwin's work, concluded with William PaleyÂ...

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John Hookham Frere

competition of William Paley; his mother, daughter of John Hookham, a rich London merchant, was cultured and... Looe in Cornwall. From his boyhood he had been a warm admirer of William Pitt the Younger, and along... an intended National Work, by William and Robert Whistlecraft, of Stowmarket in Suffolk, Harness and...

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