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7. Sunday Lecture Societies: Naturalistic Scientists, Unitarians, and Secularists Unite against Sabbatarian Legislation
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction 1
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Forging Friendships
- 1. “The Great O. versus the Jermyn St. Pet”: Huxley, Falconer, and Owen on Paleontological Method 27
- 2. Evolutionary Naturalism on High: The Victorians Sequester the Alps 55
- 3. Paradox: The Art of Scientifi c Naturalism 79
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Institutional Politics
- 4. Huxley and the Devonshire Commission 101
- 5. Economies of Scales: Evolutionary Naturalists and the Victorian Examination System 131
- 6. Odd Man Out: Was Joseph Hooker an Evolutionary Naturalist? 157
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Broader Alliances
- 7. Sunday Lecture Societies: Naturalistic Scientists, Unitarians, and Secularists Unite against Sabbatarian Legislation 189
- 8. The Conduct of Belief: Agnosticism, the Metaphysical Society, and the Formation of Intellectual Communities 220
- 9. Where Naturalism and Theism Met: The Uniformity of Nature 242
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New Generations
- 10. The Fate of Scientifi c Naturalism: From Public Sphere to Professional Exclusivity 265
- 11. The Successors to the X Club? Late Victorian Naturalists and Nature, 1869–1900 288
- 12. From Agnosticism to Rationalism: Evolutionary Biologists, the Rationalist Press Association, and Early Twentieth-Century Scientifi c Naturalism 309
- Acknowledgments 327
- Bibliography of Major Works on Scientifi c Naturalism 329
- Contributors 335
- Index 337
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction 1
-
Forging Friendships
- 1. “The Great O. versus the Jermyn St. Pet”: Huxley, Falconer, and Owen on Paleontological Method 27
- 2. Evolutionary Naturalism on High: The Victorians Sequester the Alps 55
- 3. Paradox: The Art of Scientifi c Naturalism 79
-
Institutional Politics
- 4. Huxley and the Devonshire Commission 101
- 5. Economies of Scales: Evolutionary Naturalists and the Victorian Examination System 131
- 6. Odd Man Out: Was Joseph Hooker an Evolutionary Naturalist? 157
-
Broader Alliances
- 7. Sunday Lecture Societies: Naturalistic Scientists, Unitarians, and Secularists Unite against Sabbatarian Legislation 189
- 8. The Conduct of Belief: Agnosticism, the Metaphysical Society, and the Formation of Intellectual Communities 220
- 9. Where Naturalism and Theism Met: The Uniformity of Nature 242
-
New Generations
- 10. The Fate of Scientifi c Naturalism: From Public Sphere to Professional Exclusivity 265
- 11. The Successors to the X Club? Late Victorian Naturalists and Nature, 1869–1900 288
- 12. From Agnosticism to Rationalism: Evolutionary Biologists, the Rationalist Press Association, and Early Twentieth-Century Scientifi c Naturalism 309
- Acknowledgments 327
- Bibliography of Major Works on Scientifi c Naturalism 329
- Contributors 335
- Index 337