Teleology (from τέλος, telos, 'end', 'aim', or 'goal', and λόγος, logos, 'explanation' or 'reason') or finality is a branch of causality giving the reason...
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The teleological argument (from τέλος, telos, 'end, aim, goal'; also known as physico-theological argument, argument from design, or intelligent design...
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Teleology is a philosophical idea where natural phenomena are explained in terms of the purpose they serve, rather than the cause by which they arise...
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Teleology in biology is the use of the language of goal-directedness in accounts of evolutionary adaptation, which some biologists and philosophers of...
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Critique of Judgment (redirect from Teleological judgment)
main sections: the Critique of Aesthetic Judgment and the Critique of Teleological Judgment, and also includes a large overview of the entirety of Kant's...
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Adaptationism (section Teleology)
JSTOR 2025746. Teleology Revisisted: The Dewy Lectures 1977 (second lecture) Mayr 1965, pp. 33–50 Mayr 1988, Ch. 3, "The Multiple Meanings of Teleological" Williams...
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lies in bringing back teleology "so that, instead of Morphology versus Teleology, we shall have Morphology wedded to Teleology." Darwin quickly responded...
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Telos (category Teleology)
of the modern term teleology, the study of purposiveness or of objects with a view to their aims, purposes, or intentions. Teleology is central in Aristotle's...
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Teleological behaviorism is a variety of behaviorism. Like all other forms of behaviorism it relies heavily on attention to outwardly observable human...
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Consequentialism (redirect from Teleological Theories)
In moral philosophy, consequentialism is a class of normative, teleological ethical theories that holds that the consequences of one's conduct are the...
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Teleonomy (category Teleology)
"purpose") and νόμος nomos ("law"). Teleonomy is sometimes contrasted with teleology, where the latter is understood as a purposeful goal-directedness brought...
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transcendental Idealism (Yale University Press) Thomas Auxter (1982) Kant's Moral Teleology (Mercer University Press) Lewis White Beck (1960) A Commentary on Kant's...
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Albert Einstein's religious views have been widely studied and often misunderstood. Albert Einstein stated "I believe in Spinoza's God". He did not believe...
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Hermann Lotze (redirect from Teleological idealism)
which the ends of His work are gained. Lotze proposed a view called teleological idealism, whose central principle is the principle of teleomechanism...
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Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai (section Teleology)
Isma'ili thought, setting forth original theological, metaphysical and teleological expositions, based on the historically unprecedented philosophical injunctions...
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Alfred Adler (section Psychodynamics and teleology)
goals have a "teleological" function. Constructivist Adlerians, influenced by neo-Kantian and Nietzschean ideas, view these "teleological" goals as "fictions"...
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Michael (2021), "Moons are planets: Scientific usefulness versus cultural teleology in the taxonomy of planetary science", Icarus, 374: 114768, arXiv:2110...
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topic in the philosophy of biology, as it concerns function and purpose (teleology). Some biologists try to avoid terms which imply purpose in adaptation...
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for the existence of the universe? Does the cosmos have a purpose? (see teleology) Does the existence of consciousness have a role in the existence of reality...
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questions regarding the significance of living or existence in general Teleology, the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent...
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Teachings of Falun Gong (section Teleology of practice)
Li Hongzhi published the Teachings of Falun Gong in Changchun, China in 1992. They cover a wide range of topics ranging from spiritual, scientific and...
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keep, in order to get something. Philosophy portal Deontological ethics Teleology Ethical dilemma Kant's Moral Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford...
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Importantly, ‘Holocaust’ and ‘Shoah’ have also been criticized as 'teleological and anachronistic' terms that convey a retrospective view that makes...
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octopuses, Sheldon helps Mary find her faith in God again by using the teleological argument. 26 4 "A Financial Secret and Fish Sauce" Jonathan Judge Story...
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Brahman (section Brahman as a teleological concept)
aesthetics as the Brahman. Brahman and Atman are very important teleological concepts. Teleology deals with the apparent purpose, principle, or goal of something...
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chiefly upon The Phenomenology of Spirit, The Science of Logic, his teleological account of history, and his lectures at the University of Berlin on topics...
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principle of the self-evolving powers of nature". Asa Gray discussed teleology with Darwin, who imported and distributed Gray's pamphlet on theistic...
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Presentism Related articles Etiology Metaphysics Post hoc ergo propter hoc Teleology "The Unreality of Time" The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time...
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legal interpretation such as directives of linguistic interpretation, teleological interpretation or systemic interpretation as well as more specific rules...
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Eutaxiology (category Teleology)
the philosophical study of order and design. It is distinguished from teleology in that it does not focus on the purpose or goal of a given structure...
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