Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley was a 19th-century British biologist known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his defense of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. He advocated for naturalism, the idea that everything arises from natural causes without supernatural influence. Huxley also explored emergentism, suggesting that complex systems (like consciousness) emerge from simpler interactions but are not merely reducible to them. He was agnostic about the existence of God, believing that while we should question and seek knowledge, definitive answers remain elusive. His views shaped debates on science, religion, and the nature of human existence, contributing significantly to the discourse on atheism and epiphenomenalism.