Teologia naturalna Stokesa
Natural Theology of Stokes

Summary/Abstract: The article presents an account of natural theology formulated by English mathematician and physicist George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903). In his "Natural Theology" Stokes presented himself as a proponent of naturalism. The main purpose of that work was explaining the existence of God and establishing of ideal system of moral norms based on human intellect. Stokes defended creationism presenting one of the strongest – in his opinion – design arguments. It is the structure of our solar system and of our planet which enabled emergence of life on earth. Because he accepts achievements of Darwin, while not rejecting the idea of design, we can regard the views of Stokes as evolutionary creationism. According to Stokes, theory of evolution did not destroy creationism but forced only certain modifications of it. Even assuming the validity of evolutionary theory there remains a place for existence of a being able to design and create the world.

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