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title: 'Development: What It Can Do and What It Cannot Do'
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authors:
- 'James McCosh'
date: 1883-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Creation and Evolution'
- 'Natural Theology'
- 'Causality'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 8'
- 'Psalms 104'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mccosh-1883-development-what-it-can-do-and-what-it-cannot-do
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# Development: What It Can Do and What It Cannot Do

McCosh argues development is organized causation under God's providence, explaining natural, organic, and spiritual development. He defends limits to evolutionary materialism.

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