The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise

Klappentext In this 1837 book! Babbage! the 'father of the computer'! argues that science and religion are not diametrically opposed. Zusammenfassung Charles Babbage! mathematician! inventor and 'father of the computer'! was also a proponent of natural theology. In this book he draws a parallel between his work on the calculating engine and God as the divine programmer of the universe! and argues that there is no contradiction between scripture and science. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Nature of the argument; 2 Argument in favour of design from the changing of laws in natural events; 3. Argument to show that the doctrines in the preceding chapter do not lead to fatalism; 4. On the account of the creation, in the first chapter of Genesis; 5. Further view of the same subject; 6. Of the desire of immortality; 7. On time; 8. Argument from laws intermitting; 9. On the permanent impression of our words and actions on the globe we inhabit; 10. On Hume's argument against miracles; 11. A priori argument in favour of the occurrence of miracles; 12. Thoughts on the nature of future punishments; 13. Reflections on free will; 14. Thoughts on the origins of evil; 15. Conclusion; Appendix.

Klappentext
In this 1837 book, Babbage, the 'father of the computer', argues that science and religion are not diametrically opposed.

Zusammenfassung
Charles Babbage, mathematician, inventor and 'father of the computer', was also a proponent of natural theology. In this book he draws a parallel between his work on the calculating engine and God as the divine programmer of the universe, and argues that there is no contradiction between scripture and science.

Inhalt
Preface; 1. Nature of the argument; 2 Argument in favour of design from the changing of laws in natural events; 3. Argument to show that the doctrines in the preceding chapter do not lead to fatalism; 4. On the account of the creation, in the first chapter of Genesis; 5. Further view of the same subject; 6. Of the desire of immortality; 7. On time; 8. Argument from laws intermitting; 9. On the permanent impression of our words and actions on the globe we inhabit; 10. On Hume's argument against miracles; 11. A priori argument in favour of the occurrence of miracles; 12. Thoughts on the nature of future punishments; 13. Reflections on free will; 14. Thoughts on the origins of evil; 15. Conclusion; Appendix.

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