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The main and original contribution of this volume is to offer a discussion of teleology through the prism of religion, philosophy and history. The goal is to incorporate teleology within discussions across these three disciplines rather than restrict it to one as is customarily the case. The chapters cover a wide range of topics, from individual teleologies to collective ones; ideas put forward by the French aristocrat Arthur de Gobineau and the Scottish philosopher David Hume, by the Anglican theologian and founder of Methodism, John Wesley, and the English naturalist Charles Darwin.

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Author:   William Gibson ,  Dan O'Brien (Oxford Brookes University, UK) ,  Marius Turda (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367784928

ISBN 10:   0367784920
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   31 March 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of contributors Introduction by Dan O’Brien, Marius Turda and William Gibson Section I: Religion Chapter 1: ‘We Apply these Tools to our Morals’: Eighteenth-century Freemasonry, A Case Study in Teleology by Richard Berrman Chapter 2: Teleologies and Religion in the Eighteenth Century by William Gibson Chapter 3: John Wesley and the Teleology of Education by Linda A. Ryan Section II: History Chapter 4: Teleology and Race by Marius Turda Chapter 5: Charles Darwin and the Argument for Design by David Redvaldsen Chapter 6: Teleology and Jewish Heretical Religiosity: Nietzsche and Rosenzweig by David Ohana Section III: Philosophy Chapter 7: Can the Sciences Do without Final Causes? by Stephen Boulter Chapter 8: Hume, Teleology and the ‘Science of Man’ by Lorenzo Greco and Dan O’Brien Chapter 9: What is the Function of Morality? by Mark Cain Chapter 10: Is Intuitive Teleological Reasoning Promiscuous? by Johan de Smedt and Helen de Cruz Index

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William Gibson is Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Director of the Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History at Oxford Brookes University. Dan O’Brien is Reader in Philosophy and Subject Co-ordinator for Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University Marius Turda is Professor in 20th Century Central and Eastern European Biomedicine at Oxford Brookes University.

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