William Paley (July 174325 May 1805) was an English clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian.
He graduated in 1763 as senior wrangler, became fellow in 1766, and in 1768 tutor of his college.
He graduated in 1763 as senior wrangler, became fellow in 1766, and in 1768 tutor of his college.
He graduated in 1763 as senior wrangler, became fellow in 1766, and in 1768 tutor of his college.
He studied philosophy. In 1776 Paley was presented to the rectory of Musgrave in Westmorland, which was exchanged soon after for Appleby.
He was subsequently made vicar of Dalston in 1780, near the bishop's palace at Rose Castle.
In 1782 he became the Archdeacon of Carlisle.
In 1782 Edmund Law, otherwise the mildest of men, was most particular that Paley should add a book on political philosophy to the moral philosophy, which Paley was reluctant to write.
The book was published in 1785 under the title of The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, and was made a part of the examinations at the University of Cambridge the next year.
In 1789, a speech he gave on the subject in Carlisle was published. The Principles was followed in 1790 by his first essay in the field of Christian apologetics, Horae Paulinae, or the Truth of the Scripture History of St Paul which compared the Paul's Epistles with the Acts of the Apostles, making use of "undesigned coincidences" to argue that these documents mutually supported each other's authenticity.
In 1789, a speech he gave on the subject in Carlisle was published. The Principles was followed in 1790 by his first essay in the field of Christian apologetics, Horae Paulinae, or the Truth of the Scripture History of St Paul which compared the Paul's Epistles with the Acts of the Apostles, making use of "undesigned coincidences" to argue that these documents mutually supported each other's authenticity.
It was followed in 1794 by the celebrated View of the Evidences of Christianity, which was also added to the examinations at Cambridge, remaining on the syllabus until the 1920s. For his services in defence of the faith, with the publication of the Evidences, the Bishop of London gave him a stall in St Paul's; the Bishop of Lincoln made him subdean of that cathedral, and the Bishop of Durham conferred upon him the rectory of Bishopwearmouth.
Paley's works were more influential than Hume's from the 1800s to the 1840s.
In 1802, he published Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, his last book.
Thus, Paley's use of the watch (and other mechanical objects like it) continued a long and fruitful tradition of analogical reasoning that was well received by those who read Natural Theology when it was published in 1802. ==Legacy== Since Paley is often read in university courses that address the philosophy of religion, the timing of his design argument has sometimes perplexed modern philosophers.
William Paley (July 174325 May 1805) was an English clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian.
He died on 25 May 1805 and is buried in Carlisle Cathedral with his two wives. Among his grandsons were: the classical scholar Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815-1888) and his brother the architect Edward Graham Paley (1823-1895), sons of the Rev.
Memoirs of William Paley, to which is Added an Appendix, London, 1809. Ospovat, D.
By the 1820s and 1830s, well-known liberals like Thomas Wakley and other radical editors of The Lancet were using Paley's ageing examples to attack the establishment's control over medical and scientific education in Durham, London, Oxford and Cambridge.
By the 1820s and 1830s, well-known liberals like Thomas Wakley and other radical editors of The Lancet were using Paley's ageing examples to attack the establishment's control over medical and scientific education in Durham, London, Oxford and Cambridge.
The Development of Darwin's Theory: Natural History, Natural Theology and Natural Selection, 1838–1859, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995. Pelikan, J.
Paley's works were more influential than Hume's from the 1800s to the 1840s.
It was followed in 1794 by the celebrated View of the Evidences of Christianity, which was also added to the examinations at Cambridge, remaining on the syllabus until the 1920s. For his services in defence of the faith, with the publication of the Evidences, the Bishop of London gave him a stall in St Paul's; the Bishop of Lincoln made him subdean of that cathedral, and the Bishop of Durham conferred upon him the rectory of Bishopwearmouth.
Natural Religion and Christian Theology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1953. Richards, R.
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The Role of Providence in the Social Order, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1972. Von Sydow, M.
Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991. Clarke, M.L., Paley: Evidences for the Man, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1974. Dodds, G.
The Mind of William Paley, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1976. McAdoo, H.
'Creation and Credence', in Barry Barnes and Steven Shapin (eds), Natural Order: Historical Studies of Scientific Culture, Sage Press, Beverly Hills, 1979. Raven, C.
and Roy Porter (eds), The Ferment of Knowledge – Studies in the Historiography of Eighteenth Century Science, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1980. St Clair, W.
Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1984. Brooke, John H.
Paley, Wearside and Natural Theology, Sunderland, 2003. Gilson, E., From Aristotle to Darwin and Back again: A Journey in Final Causality, Species, and Evolution, John Lyon (trans), Notre Dame University Press, London 1984. Knight, David.
Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991. Clarke, M.L., Paley: Evidences for the Man, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1974. Dodds, G.
Christianity and Classical Culture: The Metamorphosis of Natural Theology in the Christian Encounter with Hellenism, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1993. Porter, R.
The Development of Darwin's Theory: Natural History, Natural Theology and Natural Selection, 1838–1859, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995. Pelikan, J.
Knoll, Evangelicals and Science in Historical Perspective (Oxford: 1999), 142–174. Topham, J.
E., A Scientific Theology: Volume I, Nature, Continuum, Edinburgh, 2001. Meadley, G.
The Romantic Conception of Life: Science and Philosophy in the Age of Goethe, Chicago University Press, Chicago, 2002. Rose, J.
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2002. Rosen, Frederick, Classical Utilitarianism from Hume to Mill (Routledge Studies in Ethics & Moral Theory), 2003.
Paley, Wearside and Natural Theology, Sunderland, 2003. Gilson, E., From Aristotle to Darwin and Back again: A Journey in Final Causality, Species, and Evolution, John Lyon (trans), Notre Dame University Press, London 1984. Knight, David.
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2002. Rosen, Frederick, Classical Utilitarianism from Hume to Mill (Routledge Studies in Ethics & Moral Theory), 2003.
Science and Spirituality: The Volatile Connection, Routledge, London, 2004. LeMahieu, D.L.
The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004. Viner, J.
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