what is his view on religion?
He referred to God as the "sublime author of nature".
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
In his book "Philosophie Zoologique", Lamarck referred to God as the "sublime author of nature". Lamarck's religious views are examined in the book "Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution" (1901) by Alpheus Packard. According to Packard from Lamarck's writings, he may be regarded as a deist.
those who argue today that behavior is no more than the action of chemicals UNANSWERABLE what is lamarckism? It is the notion that an organism can pass on to its offspring physical characteristics that the parent organism acquired through use or disuse during its lifetime. is it named after someone? It is inaccurately named after Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. who is he? He was a soldier, biologist, and academic.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck [SEP] Religious views
In his book "Philosophie Zoologique", Lamarck referred to God as the "sublime author of nature". Lamarck's religious views are examined in the book "Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution" (1901) by Alpheus Packard. According to Packard from Lamarck's writings, he may be regarded as a deist. The philosopher of biology Michael Ruse described Lamarck, "as believing in God as an unmoved mover, creator of the world and its laws, who refuses to intervene miraculously in his creation." Biographer James Moore described Lamarck as a "thoroughgoing deist". The historian Jacques Roger has written, "Lamarck was a materialist to the extent that he did not consider it necessary to have recourse to any spiritual principle...