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	William Paley - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		WILLIAM PALEY (1743-1805), English divine and philosopher, was born at Peterborough.
		In 1776 Paley was presented to the rectory of Musgrave in Westmorland, supplemented at the end of the year by the vicarage of Dalston, and presently exchanged for that of Appleby.
		Paley displays little or no spirituality of feeling; but this is a matter in which one age is apt to misjudge another, and Paley was at least practically benevolent and conscientiously attentive to his parish duties.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /William_Paley (927 words)

	Dowling PHL003 Spring 2003 William Paley
		Paley only briefly, at the end of the piece, sets out the corresponding argument concerning the world and God, but it is pretty obvious how the two arguments are connected.
		(Paley does not actually give a reply to this in the case of the watch, presumably because he thinks that it is so obvious that the objection is silly when seen how it applies to the case of the watch.
		A third possible interpretation of Paley, which would make more sense in the case of his argument in the context of proving the existence of God, is that someone needs to keep the parts of the watch moving all the time.
	alien.dowling.edu /~cperring/williampaleynotes.html (2311 words)

	William Paley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Paley (July, 1743 – May 25, 1805) was an English divine, Christian apologist, utilitarian, and philosopher.
		Born in Peterborough, Paley was educated at Giggleswick School, of which his father was headmaster, and at Christ's College, Cambridge.
		Paley, E. An Account of the Life and Writings of William Paley, [1825], Farnborough: Gregg, 1970; originally, this was the first volume of The Works of William Paley, London, 1825.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Paley (1650 words)

	William Paley, A View of the Evidences of Christianity
		William Paley (1743-1805) was a leading Anglican voice in eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain.
		Paley, an orthodox Anglican and conservative moral and political thinker in the eighteenth century, published The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy in 1785.
		Paley supplemented human reason with divine revelation as supporting foundations for the existence of God and miracles against deistic thinkers of his time, addressing some his arguments specifically against David Hume.
	www.wmcarey.edu /carey/paley/paley.htm (797 words)

	William Paley Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		William Paley was born in Peterborough in July 1743.
		Paley's most successful work was Natural Theology, which presented in a clear and lucid manner all of the evidences for the existence of God.
		Paley, as a liberal theologian and thinker, was close to the position of medieval negative theology and 17th-century deism, believing that man can know that the Supreme Being exists but that he can know nothing of His attributes.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/william-paley (441 words)

	Commemorative Chairs: William S. Paley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		William Samuel Paley was born in Chicago on September 28, 1901.
		Beginning in 1943, Paley, who was serving in the Office of War Information and would later serve as an advisor to General Eisenhower, coordinated allied radio operations in North Africa and oversaw the restoration of broadcasting in liberated Europe.
		Paley, a man of aesthetic sophistication and resolute civic-mindedness, served for two decades as chairman and president of the Museum of Modern Art—to which he bequeathed his sizable private collection—and founded the Museum of American Broadcasting.
	www.feri.org /kiosk/profile.cfm?QID=1743 (484 words)

	Natural Theology of Paley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Rather than examining Paley's theology in detail it should be necessary only to examine his proof of the existence of God, and some of his discussion of the attributes of God.
		Paley begins his theology by postulating that if he is walking in country and stumbles against a stone that there is no objection to supposing that the stone had been there ever since the beginning of time.
		Paley gives numerous instances of the design of the various animal species, which will be passed over, but he then goes on to a discussion of the attributes of the deity.
	www.victorianweb.org /religion/paley1.html (435 words)

	Paley, William S.
		Paley became chair of the CBS board in 1946, turning the network's presidency over to Frank Stanton who held the post until his own retirement in 1973.
		Paley worked through several short-lived potential heirs in the late 1970s: he stepped down as chief executive officer in 1977, but retained the powerful chairmanship.
		Paley is important for having assembled the brilliant team that built and expanded the CBS "Tiffany Network" image over several decades.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/P/htmlP/paleywillia/paleywillia.htm (991 words)

	William Paley [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		His mother was a keen, thrifty woman of much intelligence, and his father was a minor canon at Peterborough and a pedagogue.
		Paley advances the teleological argument from design founded on the unity and adaptability of created things.
		The first collected edition of the works of William Paley appeared in 1805-08; one by A. Chalmers with biography (5 vols., London, 1819); one by E. Lynam (1825); and one by his son, E. Paley (1825).
	www.utm.edu /research/iep/p/paley.htm (649 words)

	Radio Hall of Fame - William Paley, Pioneer
		Born in Chicago in 1901, William S. Paley entered radio in 1928, when he became President of the struggling United Independent Broadcasters and its Columbia Network of Stations.
		Paley renamed this enterprise the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and guided the network as President and Chairman for over 50 years.
		William S. Paley was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.
	www.radiohof.org /pioneer/williampaley.html (217 words)

	William Paley
		Paley's arguments go back to authors such as John Ray, and have had a long intellectual history, surviving to the present day in many a piece of creationist rhetoric.
		Even though Paley's concept of God as a designer is very different from Darwin's theory of natural selection, Darwin took from his reading of Paley a belief in adaptation -- that organisms are somehow fit for the environments in which they live, that their structure reflects the functions they perform throughout their lives.
		Paley struggled to reconcile the apparent cruelty and indifference of nature with his belief in a good God, and finally concluded that the joys of life simply outweighed its sorrows.
	www.ucmp.berkeley.edu /history/paley.html (729 words)

	William Paley : theological utilitarianism ? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Paley thought God wanted us to be happy; but Paley believed that the reason an action is morally right is its conformity with the will of God - rather than the amount of happiness it procures or the misery it minimises.
		Paley claims that "God Almighty wills and wishes the happiness of His creatures"; and adequate motivation must be available in the form a system of future rewards and punishments.
		Paley concluded that the good things in life outweighed the bad; but it is hard to reconcile belief in an omnipotent and benevolent God with a cruel and indifferent Nature.
	www.utilitarianism.net /william-paley.html (232 words)

	Philosophy of Religion .info - Biographies - Historic Figures - William Paley
		William Paley, though he briefly lectured on divinity at Cambridge, spent the main part of his career as a man of the cloth.
		Paley is best known for his analogical design argument, which he presented in his Natural Theology.
		It is no objection to this argument, he insists, that we have no prior knowledge of how universes are made; if we had no prior knowledge of how watches were made then we would still be able to infer from their order, complexity, and purpose that they have intelligent designers.
	www.philosophyofreligion.info /paley.html (267 words)

	William S. Paley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paley married the divorced socialite and fashion icon Barbara "Babe" Cushing-Mortimer on July 28, 1947.
		Paley and his wife "Babe", despite their suceess and social standing, were barred from country clubs on Long Island because they were Jewish.
		Paley was a notorious ladies' man. His first marriage ended when a newspaper published the suicide note written to Paley by a girlfriend.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_S._Paley (1285 words)

	FAQ: Isn't intelligent design just a rehash of William Paley's 19th century design arguments, refuted by Hume and ...
		Because Paley argued for a particular philosophical understanding of the designer and the designer's purpose, many of his ideas were rebutted through philosophy and theology, not science.
		Paley's designer was nothing short of the triune God of Christianity, a transcendent, personal, moral being with all the perfections commonly attributed to this God.
		While Paley's arguments may have been dismissed by many in the past, that does not imply that his arguments were inherently wrong or that Paley's arguments might not be reinvigorated by new data which has come into view under the microscope in recent years.
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	William Paley (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Another modern version of Paley's watch is the 'Anthropic Principle', the fact that the physical constants of the universe are 'just right' to support life - the universe 'appears' designed to support life.
		Educated at Giggleswick School and Christ's College, Cambridge, Paley graduated in 1763 as senior wrangler and was appointed fellow and tutor of his college in 1766.
		William Paley (1743-1805) Paley advances the teleological argument from design founded on the unity and adaptability of created things.
	ourworld.compuserve.com.cob-web.org:8888 /homepages/rossuk/Paley.htm (2056 words)

	William Paley - EvoWiki
		William Paley (1743-1805), English clergyman and philosopher, born in Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
		The second presupposition depends, according to Paley, on the credibility of the Christian religion (which he treats almost exclusively as the revelation of these new sanctions" of morality).
		Charles Darwin was strongly influenced by Paley's "Natural Theology", but in the last half of the 1830ies Darwin began to deviate from Paley's idea of adaptation by design.
	wiki.cotch.net /index.php?title=William_Paley&printable=yes (515 words)

	Paley,William Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		The core of William Blake's vision, his greatness as one of the British Romantics, is most fully expressed in his Illuminated Books, masterworks of art and text intertwined and mutually enriching.
		This classic work by William Paley was one of the most popular books in England and America in the early nineteenth century.
		William Paley (1743-1805) was the most successful theological author of the late eighteenth century.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Paley,William (587 words)

	WILLIAM PALEY (1743-1805) - Online Information article about WILLIAM PALEY (1743-1805)
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		Paley's latitudinarian views are said to have debarred him from the highest positions in the See also:
		Paley displays little or no spirituality of feeling; but this is a See also:
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	William Paley
		He lectured on Samuel Clarke, Joseph Butler and John Locke, and also delivered a systematic course on moral philosophy, which subsequently formed the basis of his well-known treatise.
		But for his services in defense of the faith the Bishop of London gave him a stall in St. Paul's; the Bishop of Lincoln made him subdean of that cathedral, and the Bishop of Durham conferred upon him the rectory of Bishopwearmouth.
		But by placing Paley's facts in a new light, the theory of evolution has deprived his argument of its force, so tar as it applies the idea of special contrivance to individual organs or to species.
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	Rocky Road: William Paley (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		So, too, William Paley asserted in his Natural Theology, the design of the universe testified to the existence of an intelligent designer.
		Moreover, Paley argued that life was unfailingly harmonious and happy.
		In his autobiography, Charles Darwin recalled Paley's work, praising his clear, concise writing style and describing Paley's writings as one of the best parts of Darwin's own education.
	www.strangescience.net.cob-web.org:8888 /paley.htm (295 words)

	Left2Right: blast from the past (two)
		Paley writes “So long as a man is intent upon the duties and concerns of his own condition, he never thinks of comparing it with any other.” In short, limiting your desires is a necessary requirement of contentedness.
		Whether it is Paley, closet predestinationist and defender of the status quo in every nook and cranny of the Empire, or modern defenders of unearned private wealth, both confuse private morality with public policy.
		Paley and Hayek aside, I think the correct answer is that the threat is real, ever present and significant, though of course not inevitable.
	left2right.typepad.com /main/2005/05/blast_from_the__2.html (12347 words)

	Amazon.ca: In All His Glory: the Life and Times of William S. Paley and the Birth of Modern Broadcasting: Books: Sally ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		CBS television tycoon Paley is portrayed as a narcissist, womanizer and tyrannical father in this well-documented biography, which is packed with TV and radio anecdotes and high-level intrigue.
		Despite the type of man Paley is presented as, this book is a very good chronicle of his career, which means it also is one of the definitive books on the creation of CBS.
		Paley's death came several years before Westinghouse, and then Viacom, would acquire CBS, and having read this book, you can only imagine what he would have thought about how that played out.
	www.amazon.ca /All-His-Glory-William-Broadcasting/dp/0812967763 (946 words)

	William S. Paley
		William Paley was born in Chicago on 28th September 1901.
		Paley was in charge of publicity and impressed by the response that was generated by radio advertising he invested in the small radio network, the Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (CPBS) in September 1928.
		Paley also joined the United States Army and was deputy chief of the psychological warfare division.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USApaley.htm (159 words)

	Spotlight on Golden Age Networks - CBS
		Paley's father was a Cigar Wholesaler (La Palina Cigar Company), and it was William Paley's vision to purchase the foundering network begun by Columbia Phonograph and United Independent Broadcasters as a sales and promotion vehicle for the family's cigar business.
		Paley, who'd been a major advertiser with Columbia Broadcasting from early on, then purchased a controlling interest in the network in September of 1928 and shortly after dissolved the sales company.
		Paley's relentless pursuit of the best talent in the industry was directly responsible for CBS's eventual aquisition of both a dominating nationwide program lineup and a rock-solid base of high-profile sponsors throughout most of the 40's and early 50's.
	www.digitaldeliftp.com /LookAround/la_networkspot_cbs.htm (1919 words)

	Paley William - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Paley William - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Paley, William (1743-1805), British theologian, clergyman, and philosopher, born in Peterborough and educated at Christ's College, University of...
		Utilitarianism was enunciated in its most characteristic form by the British theologian William Paley in his...
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	William S. Paley Television Festival TICKETS Sells/Buys William S. Paley Television Festival Ticket - 20 Years of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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	THE WILLIAM S
		The William S. Paley Festival each year honours several breakthrough TV shows, and this year they decided to honour the show, Monk.
		They opened the show with the nice little spiel about the Paley Fest of the past and then, they came out to introduce the cast in front of us.
		Before we left we had heard that some of the casts that came to the Paley Fest didn't stay for autographs at all, and were even a bit short with fans, so I must admit I was worried about what we would get.
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