Teleology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Teleology (Greek: telos : end, purpose) is the philosophical study of design and purpose. A teleological school of thought is one that holds all things to be designed for or directed toward a final...
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With mechanismteleology admits the determinism of physical efficient causes. It also acknowledges that the object of scientific research is to discover the laws of phenomena, and that any fact is scientifically explained when adequate causes are assigned to it, and the conditions of its occurrence are known.
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One class of such views defines teleological notions cybernetically and maintains that teleology in biology is appropriate insofar as biological systems are cybernetic systems.
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plato.stanford.edu/entries/teleology-biology/
plato.stanford.edu/entries/teleology-biology/
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Kant's account of aesthetics and teleology is ostensibly part of a broader discussion of the faculty or power of judgment [Urteilskraft], which is the faculty “for thinking the particular under the universal” (Introduction IV, 179). Although judgment is discussed briefly in the Critique of Pure Reason,
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Teleological argument - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A teleological argument , or argument from design , is an argument for the existence of God or a creator based on perceived evidence of order, purpose, design, or direction — or some combination o...
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An entry in the World Cultures General Glossary. This short essay defines teleology and relates it to cultural systems of meaning. ... Teleology is the study of ends, purposes, and goals (telos means "end" or "purpose"). In cultures which have an teleological world view, the ends of things are seen as providing the meaning...
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www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/TELE.HTM
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"We may distinguish two kinds of natural teleology: bounded, or determinate or necessary, and unbounded or indeterminate or contingent. Bounded natural teleology exists when specific end-state is reached in spite of environmental fluctuations.
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www.kheper.net/topics/cosmology/teleology.html
www.kheper.net/topics/cosmology/teleology.html
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Dysteleology is the doctrine of purposelessness in nature. (American Heritage Dictionary) Teleology is associated with vitalism. It explains apparently purposeful animal behavior by saying that the action is performed because it will later be advantageous to the animal.
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pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/TELEOLOGY.html
pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/TELEOLOGY.html
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[tĕĺē-ŏĺə-jē, tḗlē-]
