A report on An Essay on the Principle of Population
First published anonymously in 1798, but the author was soon identified as Thomas Robert Malthus.
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Natural theology
1 linksType of theology that seeks to provide arguments for the existence of a deity based on reason and ordinary experience of nature.
Type of theology that seeks to provide arguments for the existence of a deity based on reason and ordinary experience of nature.
In An Essay on the Principle of Population, published during 1798, Thomas Malthus ended with two chapters on natural theology and population.
Census Act 1800
0 linksThe Census Act 1800 – also known as the Population Act 1800 – (citation 41 Geo.
The Census Act 1800 – also known as the Population Act 1800 – (citation 41 Geo.
In the latter part of the eighteenth century, there were several proposals for a Census Bill and a growing concern about the population of Britain and its demand for food, particularly fuelled by the publication, in 1798 of Thomas Robert Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population.
Human overpopulation
1 linksConcept of a human population becoming too large to be sustained by its environment or resources in the long term.
Concept of a human population becoming too large to be sustained by its environment or resources in the long term.
During the 19th century, Malthus' work, particularly An Essay on the Principle of Population, was often interpreted in a way that blamed the poor alone for their condition and helping them was said to worsen conditions in the long run.
William Godwin
1 linksEnglish journalist, political philosopher and novelist.
English journalist, political philosopher and novelist.
In 1798, Thomas Robert Malthus wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population in response to Godwin's views on the "perfectibility of society."
William Cobbett
1 linksEnglish pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey.
English pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey.
In 1829, Cobbett published Advice To Young Men, in which he criticised An Essay on the Principle of Population by the Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus.
Logistic function
1 linksSometimes simply called the sigmoid. It is also sometimes called the expit, being the inverse of the logit.
Sometimes simply called the sigmoid. It is also sometimes called the expit, being the inverse of the logit.
The Verhulst equation was published after Verhulst had read Thomas Malthus' An Essay on the Principle of Population, which describes the Malthusian growth model of simple (unconstrained) exponential growth.
Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc.
0 linksShort essay written in 1751 by American polymath Benjamin Franklin.
Short essay written in 1751 by American polymath Benjamin Franklin.
The notion of the population doubling every 25 years influenced Thomas Malthus, who quotes paragraph 22 of the essay, with attribution, in his 1802 work An Essay on the Principle of Population.
William Hazlitt
0 linksEnglish essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher.
English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher.
Hazlitt also contributed three letters to William Cobbett's Weekly Political Register at this time, all scathing critiques of Thomas Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population (1798 and later editions).
The Limits to Growth
0 links1972 report that discussed the possibility of exponential economic and population growth with finite supply of resources, studied by computer simulation.
1972 report that discussed the possibility of exponential economic and population growth with finite supply of resources, studied by computer simulation.
An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus (1798);