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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Agnosticism
		The terms agnosticism and agnostic were coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869 to describe the philosophical and theological view that the truth of the unexistence or existence of God, immortality, and the like are inherently unknowable.
		Agnosticism is not to be confused with a view specifically opposing the doctrine of gnosis and Gnosticism - these are religious concepts that are not related to agnosticism.
		Huxley's agnosticism is believed to be a natural consequence of the intellectual and philosophical conditions of the 1860s, when clerical intolerance was trying to suppress scientific discoveries which appeared to clash with a literal reading of the Book of Genesis and other established christian doctrines.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ag/Agnosticism?title=Religiosity (1069 words)

	Thomas Henry Huxley - LoveToKnow 1911
		THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY (1825-1895), English biologist, was born on the 4th of May 1825 at Ealing, where his father, George Huxley, was senior assistant-master in the school of Dr Nicholas.
		Huxley describes his paternal race as "mainly Iberian mongrels, with a good dash of Norman and a little Saxon."' From his father he thought he derived little except a quick temper and the artistic faculty which proved of great service to him and reappeared in an even more striking degree in his daughter, the Hon.
		Huxley went further than this, and the most profound suggestion in his paper is the comparison of the two layers with those which appear in the germ of the higher animals.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Thomas_Henry_Huxley (5110 words)

	The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom) - Agnosticism
		Agnosticism is the philosophical view that the truth values of certain claims—particularly theological claims regarding the existence of God, gods, or deities—are unknown, inherently unknowable, or incoherent, and therefore, (some agnostics may go as far to say) irrelevant to life.
		Agnosticism is not to be confused with a view specifically opposing the doctrine of gnosis and Gnosticism—these are religious concepts that are not generally related to agnosticism.
		Huxley's agnosticism is believed to be a natural consequence of the intellectual and philosophical conditions of the 1860s, when clerical intolerance was trying to suppress scientific discoveries which appeared to clash with a literal reading of the Book of Genesis and other established Jewish and Christian doctrines.
	www.book-of-thoth.com /thebook/index.php/Agnosticism (2191 words)

	Thomas Huxley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Huxley is also credited with inventing the concept of "biogenesis", a theory stating that all cells arise from other cells and also "abiogenesis", describing the generation of life from non-living matter.
		Huxley, born in Ealing in west London, was the second youngest of eight children of George Huxley, a teacher of mathematics in Ealing.
		Huxley was the founder of a very distinguished family of British academics, including his grandsons Aldous Huxley (the writer), Sir Julian Huxley (the first Director General of UNESCO and founder of the World Wildlife Fund) and Sir Andrew Huxley (the physiologist and Nobel laureate).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Huxley (1953 words)

	Agnosticism Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The terms agnosticism and agnostic were coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1869 to describe the philosophical and theological view that the truth of the non-existence or existence of God, immortality, and the like are inherently unknowable.
		Agnosticism is not to be confused with a view specifically opposing the doctrine of gnosis and Gnosticism - these are religious concepts that are not directly related to agnosticism.
		However, some critics have pointed out that almost all agnostics live as if there were no God, not as if there were one, which makes agnosticism in their eyes clearly a brand of atheism, not some neutral point of view in-between atheism and theism.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/a/ag/agnosticism.html (1100 words)

	Thomas Henry Huxley and agnosticism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Huxley to sum up his deductions from (on that time) contemporary developments of metaphysics about the "unconditioned" (Hamilton) and the "unknowable" (Herbert Spencer).
		The name, as Huxley said, "took"; it was constantly used by Hutton in the Spectator and became a fashionable label for contemporary unbelief in Christian dogma.
		Huxley's agnosticism was widely held to be a natural consequence of the intellectual and philosophical conditions of the 1860s, when clerical intolerance was trying to excommunicate scientific discovery because it appeared to clash with the book of Genesis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Henry_Huxley_and_agnosticism (1092 words)

	The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom) - Agnosticism
		Agnosticism is the philosophical view that the truth values of certain claims—particularly theological claims regarding the existence of God, gods, or deities—are unknown, inherently unknowable, or incoherent, and therefore, (some agnostics may go as far to say) irrelevant to life.
		Agnosticism is not to be confused with a view specifically opposing the doctrine of gnosis and Gnosticism—these are religious concepts that are not generally related to agnosticism.
		Huxley's agnosticism is believed to be a natural consequence of the intellectual and philosophical conditions of the 1860s, when clerical intolerance was trying to suppress scientific discoveries which appeared to clash with a literal reading of the Book of Genesis and other established Jewish and Christian doctrines.
	book-of-thoth.com /thebook/index.php/Agnosticism (2191 words)

	Biography - Thomas Henry Huxley
		Thomas Henry Huxley Royal Society (May 4, 1825 - June 29, 1895) was a United Kingdom biologist, known as Darwins Bulldog for his defence of Charles Darwins theory of evolution.
		Huxley was born in the village of Ealing near London, being the seventh of eight children of George Huxley, a teacher of mathematics at Ealing.
		Huxley was the founder of a very distinguished family of United Kingdom academics, including his grandsons Aldous Huxley (the writer), Julian Huxley (the first Director General of UNESCO and founder of the World Wildlife Fund), and Andrew Huxley (the physiology and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine).
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Abderhalden5564/thomas-henry-huxley-biography.html (1019 words)

	The Infidels - Thomas Huxley
		Thomas Henry Huxley was a British biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his defence of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
		Huxley was born in Ealing in west London, being the second youngest of eight children of George Huxley, a teacher of mathematics in Ealing.
		Huxley was the founder of a very distinguished family of British academics, including his grandsons Aldous Huxley (the writer), Sir Julian Huxley (the first Director General of UNESCO and founder of the World Wildlife Fund), and Sir Andrew Huxley (the physiologist and Nobel laureate).
	www.theinfidels.org /zunb-thomashuxley.htm (1425 words)

	Thomas Henry Huxley Biography \| World of Genetics
		Huxley's agnosticism, or the belief that humans cannot know anything that is outside the realm of their personal experiences, became a central philosophical theme of his devotion to the advancement of scientific thinking among the public at large.
		Huxley's most famous work, Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature, addressed the biological association of man and primitive apes as well as sought to explain the ramification of evolutionary theory on man's perception of his place in the universe--a question that was previously pondered only by theologians.
		Huxley was appointed by Prime Minister, Robert Cecil, to the Privy Council in 1892.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/thomas-henry-huxley-wog (920 words)

	Thomas Huxley - MSN Encarta
		Thomas Henry Huxley was born in Ealing, Middlesex, on May 4, 1825, and educated at Charing Cross Hospital, London.
		His observations on the medusa family of jellyfish led to the formulation of the zoological class Hydrozoa and to the realization that the two germ layers found in members of this class are comparable to the two germ layers that arise in the early embryological stages of higher animals.
		Huxley became professor of natural history and paleontology at the Royal School of Mines, London, in 1854.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553436/Huxley_Thomas_Henry.html (350 words)

	Thomas Henry Huxley - Natural History Museum
		Thomas Henry Huxley was a pioneering biologist and educator.
		Thomas Henry Huxley was one of the intellectual giants of the nineteenth century.
		Thomas Huxley was born in London in 1825, the son of an impoverished maths teacher.
	www.nhm.ac.uk /nature-online/evolution/how-did-evol-theory-develop/evol-thomas-huxley/thomas-huxley.html (734 words)

	Thomas Henry Huxley - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Thomas Henry Huxley F.R.S. May 4, 1825 – June 29, 1895) was a British biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his defence of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
		He is credited with inventing the concept of "biogenesis", a theory stating that all cells arise from other cells, and also "abiogenesis," describing the generation of life from non-living matter.
		Huxley was born in Ealing in west London, being the seventh of eight children of George Huxley, a teacher of mathematics in Ealing.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Thomas_Huxley (1188 words)

	Evolution: Library: Huxley: Darwin's Bulldog
		Thomas Henry Huxley was called "Darwin's bulldog" for being a pugnacious defender of evolution.
		Huxley, furious, replied famously to the effect that he would rather be descended from an ape than a bishop.
		Huxley, the first of a family of important scientists, is also known for coining the term "agnostic" to distinguish skeptics like himself from atheists, who denied the existence of a god.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/evolution/library/02/2/l_022_09.html (422 words)

	Thomas Henry Huxley - Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Huxley, Thomas Henry 1825-95, English biologist and educator, grad.
		Huxley gave up his own biological research to become an influential scientific publicist and was the principal exponent of Darwinism in England.
		Henry George and the reconstruction of capitalism: an address.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-HuxleyT.html (543 words)

	Agnosticism information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Strong agnosticism (also called hard agnosticism, closed agnosticism, strict agnosticism, absolute agnosticism)—the view that the question of the existence of deities is unknowable by nature or that human beings are ill-equipped to judge the evidence.
		Agnostic spiritualism—the view that there may or may not be a god (or gods), while maintaining a general personal belief in a spiritual aspect of reality, particularly without distinct religious basis, or adherence to any established doctrine or dogma.
		Agnostic views are as old as philosophical skepticism, but the terms agnostic and agnosticism were created by Huxley to sum up his thoughts on contemporary developments of metaphysics about the "unconditioned" (Hamilton) and the "unknowable" (Herbert Spencer).
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Agnosticism?redir=1 (2260 words)

	Thomas Henry Huxley Biography \| World of Anatomy and Physiology
		Thus, Huxley was a key figure in the transformation of science from a amateur hobby of wealthy gentlemen, to a cohesive academic discipline and professional career.
		Though Huxley admitted to Darwin that he was skeptical about the theory's ultimate reliance on natural selection as the mechanism of evolution, he never voiced his concerns outside of the scientific community.
		Huxley was appointed by Prime Minister, Robert Cecil, to the Privy Council in 1892, a position he held until the end of his life.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/thomas-henry-huxley-wap (933 words)

	Thomas Huxley - EvoWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Thomas Henry Huxley, now immortalized as "Darwin's Bulldog," was one of the most vociferous and brilliant supporters of Darwinian theory durings its nascent days.
		Huxley was the progenitor of theropod origin, a hypothesis he substantiated via comparative osteology of Compsognathus longipes and the urvogel.
		Huxley was also the intractable rival of Sir Richard Owen, the equally brilliant anatomist and grand master of the British Museum.
	wiki.cotch.net /index.php/Thomas_Huxley (281 words)

	Agnosticism (1889)
		Agnosticism exercised the orators of the Church Congress at Manchester.
		Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single principle.
		As to agnosticism being a distinctive faith, I have already shown that it cannot possibly be anything of the kind, unless perfect faith in logic is distinctive of agnostics; which, after all, it may be.
	aleph0.clarku.edu /huxley/CE5/Agn.html (8929 words)

	Thomas Henry Huxley [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Thomas Henry Huxley, the distinguished zoologist and advocate of Darwinism, madeseveral incursions into philosophy.
		From his youth he had studied its problems unsystematically; he had a way of going straight to the point in any discussion; and, judged by a literary standard, he was a great master of expository and argumentative prose.
		Huxley is credited with the invention of the term 'agnosticism' to describe his philosophical position: it expresses his attitude towards certain traditional questions without giving any clear delimitation of the frontiers of the knowable.
	www.iep.utm.edu /h/huxley.htm (407 words)

	Thomas Henry Huxley
		Huxley was a scientist during the Victorian age when religion was being challenged by the theories and discoveries of a growing and developing science.
		Huxley had the following written on his tomb and the statement is typical of his view of life:
		It was Huxley who coined the term "agnostic" in 1869 to mean one who thinks it is impossible to know whether there is a God or a future life, or anything beyond material phenomena.
	www.mtsu.edu /~socwork/frost/god/huxley.htm (484 words)

	The Origin of the Word 'Agnosticism'
		Huxley, on the other hand, wrote in "Agnosticism" published in The Nineteenth Century in February 1889 that he invented it as a label for himself at the Metaphysical Society, although he didn't say when.
		In any event, Huxley did not use agnostic or agnosticism in any of the three lectures that he presented at the Metaphysical Society, so, although these words may have been used in discussion, they were not used in writing by Huxley as far as has been able to be determined.
		Huxley apparently had the opportunity to contribute his understanding of agnostic and agnosticism to the New English Dictionary on Historical Principles in 1880, but he did not do so.
	www.infidels.org /library/modern/reason/agnosticism/agnostic.html (644 words)

	agnosticism
		Agnosticism is the position of believing that knowledge of the existence or non-existence of God is impossible.
		The agnostic holds that human knowledge is limited to the natural world, that the mind is incapable of knowledge of the supernatural.
		'Agnostic' came to mind, he says, because the term was "suggestively antithetic to the 'gnostic' of Church history, who professed to know so much about the very things of which I was ignorant...." Huxley seems to have intended the term to mean that metaphysics is, more or less, bunk.
	skepdic.com /agnosticism.html (409 words)

	Thomas Huxley - CreationWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Thomas Henry Huxley, also known as "Darwin's Bulldog," was a British biologist and an adamant supporter of evolution.
		Another interesting point is that Huxley supported the Bible being taught in schools because he believed that is was a good moral law and was valuable to English ethics.
		Huxley went on to give a brilliant defense of Darwin's theory when the Archbishop asked him on which side he had an ape on, his grandmother or his grandfather.
	creationwiki.org /Thomas_Huxley (219 words)

	The Huxley File § 13 Agnosticism
		that Huxley's disdain for clerics was ameliorated by partnership with reverends and cardinals.
		A clerical reader wrote Huxley on January 19, 1881: "Your admirable sketch of Hume in the 'English Men of Letters' series was, you may be surprised to hear from a minister of the kirk, my Sunday evening's reading of yesterday." In a Nature review, Prof.
		Huxley had little trouble surrending pet theories when evidence showed them untenable, as he gave up his notions that horses had originated in Europe, that Bathybius was a transitional form between life and non-life–
	aleph0.clarku.edu /huxley/guide13.html (1873 words)

	Agnosticism
		Huxley, we must remember, was one of the first scientists to think of science as his profession; before the Victorian period, most scientific data was collected by vicars with time on their hands.
		Huxley always insisted that there was no such thing as organized Agnosticism, that as far as he was concerned the term described only his own beliefs.
		Twentieth-century thinkers, especially existentialists, have used agnosticism as a jumping-off point for their own philosophies, and the imprecision with which the term is used these days is a measure of its success.
	www.victorianweb.org /religion/agnos.html (594 words)

	Philosophy / Thomas Henry Huxley on Agnosticism
		Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 — 29 June 1895) was an English biologist, known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his defence of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
		Agnosticism is supposed to be a reasonable position; as such, it is imperative that an agnostic's belief be based upon reason as far as is possible.
		In response to such concerns, Huxley seems to want to assure people that the consistent application of reason and believing only insofar as evidence or logic dictate could never be something one would have to be ashamed of.
	forum.erraticwisdom.com /viewtopic.php?id=1641 (636 words)

	THE HUXLEY FILE
		Huxley's career testifies to the richness of scientific investigation, the establishment of young rebels as a powerful party, and the pervasive intrusions of secularism during the Victorian period.
		On the inequality of the races and genders, Thomas Huxley was not so keen or humane a radical as John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor, but did help to diminish stereotypes about skin color and stature being signals of intellectual and emotional value.
		Though these categories are designed to help understand Huxley's contributions, it's important to note that he was not a strict disciplinarian–a river of text, essay or letter, could and often did flow with relevant material on all of these and other tributaries as well.
	aleph0.clarku.edu /huxley (972 words)

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