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title: 'Review of Robert Watts, The Reign of Causality: A Vindication of the Scientific Principle of Telic Causal Efficiency (1888)'
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authors:
- 'B.B. Warfield'
date: 1888-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Natural Theology'
- 'Philosophy (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 1'
- 'Psalms 19'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/warfield-1888-review-of-robert-watts-the-reign-of-causality-a-vindication-of-the-scientific-principle-of-telic-causal-efficiency-1888
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# Review of Robert Watts, The Reign of Causality: A Vindication of the Scientific Principle of Telic Causal Efficiency (1888)

Reviews Henry George’s Progress and Poverty and responses to its followers; also assesses works defending teleological causality and a linguistic 'science of thought.'

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