William Paley

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Anglican priest Christian apologist human moral philosopher philosopher

William Paley was an English Anglican clergyman, philosopher, and apologist best known for his influential formulation of the teleological argument for the existence of God in his work "Natural Theology."

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William Paley canonical 1
William Paley (theologian) 1
William Paley's watchmaker analogy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican priest ⓘ
Christian apologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
moral philosopher ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
almaMater Christ's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1743-07-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1805-05-25 ⓘ
describedIn Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity (1802) NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt Christ's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Giggleswick School NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
fieldOfWork Christian apologetics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
natural theology ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
genre Christian apologetics literature ⓘ
philosophical literature ⓘ
theological literature ⓘ
hasPartInWork watchmaker analogy in "Natural Theology" ⓘ
influenced 19th-century natural theology ⓘ
Charles Darwin NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy British empiricism NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Locke NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor teleological argument for the existence of God ⓘ
watchmaker analogy NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement natural theology tradition ⓘ
notableWork A View of the Evidences of Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation Christian apologist ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Peterborough NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Archdeacon of Carlisle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prebendary of Carlisle Cathedral ⓘ
Rector of Appleby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rector of Dalston ⓘ
Rector of Musgrave ⓘ
publicationDateOfNotableWork 1785 ⓘ
1794 ⓘ
1802 ⓘ
religion Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
taughtAt Christ's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Samuel Clarke → influenced → William Paley ⓘ
Paley → hasNotableBearer → William Paley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Paley (theologian)
The Blind Watchmaker → arguesAgainst → William Paley ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Paley's watchmaker analogy