Table of Contents

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