In hmolscience, Frederick Bakewell (1800-1869) was an English physicist noted for his 1835 Natural Evidence of a Future Life, wherein he attempts to show that evidence derived from the consideration of the properties of matter, and the functions of the corporeal organs, prove that the mind survives the dissolution of the body. [1]
Overview
In 1835, Bakewell published Natural Evidence of A Future Life, Derived From The Properties And Actions Of Animate And Inanimate Matter, wherein he attempts to address questions on topics such as the origin of life, death, afterlife, morality when nature is reduced down to the atomic level and the general difference between animate matter and inanimate matter. [2]
The gist of the effort, based on the preface, seems to be to construct some type of materialism-themed natural theology, with belief in a universal creator, implicit, or something along these lines.
References
1. Anon. (1936). “Review: Natural Evidence of a Future Life”, Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Chronicle, Volume 6, pgs. 49-55.
2. Bakewell, Frederick C. (1835). Natural Evidence Of A Future Life: Derived From The Properties And Actions Of Animate And Inanimate Matter. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, brown, Green, and Longman.
Further reading
● Bakewell, Frederick C. (1833). Philosophical Conversations. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, brown, Green, and Longman.
● Bakewell, Frederick C. (1853). Electric Science: its History, Phenomena, and Application. Ingram, Cooke.
External links
● Frederick Bakewell – Wikipedia.
