Teleology in biology is the use of the language of goal-directedness in accounts of evolutionary adaptation, which some biologists and philosophers of...

Teleology (from τέλος, telos, 'end', 'aim', or 'goal', and λόγος, logos, 'explanation' or 'reason') or finality is a branch of causality giving the reason...

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....

the last remainders of teleology in biology, the matter continues to be debated. Debates in these areas of philosophy of biology turn on how one views...

Tantra Teleology Teleology in biology Telos Testimony The Golden Rule The saying and the said Theodicy Theorem Theory Theory of justification Thing-in-itself...

The teleological argument (from τέλος, telos, 'end, aim, goal'; also known as physico-theological argument, argument from design, or intelligent design...

the Use and Abuse of History for Life" Teleology in biology Truth Walter Kaufmann's translation, appearing in The Portable Nietzsche, 1976 edition. Viking...

final causes remain common in evolutionary biology. Francisco J. Ayala has claimed that teleology is indispensable to biology since the concept of adaptation...

dolphins in the Mediterranean area had no physical barrier between their regions, they still differentiated into two types due to ecology and biology. Therefore...

This became part of a medieval teleological understanding of nature in which all things have an intended role to play in a divine cosmic order. Variations...

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...

1887. IA (UCal) 3rd ed., 1888.Google (Harvard) IA (St. Michael's) Teleology in biology Frederick Beiser, Late German Idealism: Trendelenburg and Lotze,...

phenomenon was labeled "preadaptation", but since this term suggests teleology in biology, appearing to conflict with natural selection, it has been replaced...

theology Orthogenesis Old Earth creationism Religious naturalism Teleology in biology Fine-tuned universe "The Creation/Evolution Continuum". National...

often use teleological language as a shorthand for function. In contemporary philosophy of biology, there are three major accounts of function in the biological...

evolutionary developmental biology (eco-evo-devo) is a field of biology combining ecology, developmental biology and evolutionary biology to examine their relationship...

that organisms have an innate tendency to evolve in a definite direction towards some goal (teleology) due to some internal mechanism or "driving force"...

Aristotle's biology is the theory of biology, grounded in systematic observation and collection of data, mainly zoological, embodied in Aristotle's books...

"purpose") and νόμος nomos ("law"). Teleonomy is sometimes contrasted with teleology, where the latter is understood as a purposeful goal-directedness brought...

topic in the philosophy of biology, as it concerns function and purpose (teleology). Some biologists try to avoid terms which imply purpose in adaptation...

in: Encyclopedia of Evolution (M. Pagel, editor), New York: Oxford University Press. 1996, Wayne Christensen, A complex systems theory of teleology,...

of Michigan. 10 October 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2016. "Teleological Notions in Biology". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 18 May 2003. Retrieved...

of biology traces the study of the living world from ancient to modern times. Although the concept of biology as a single coherent field arose in the...

revolution Orthogenesis (comparable with convergent evolution but involving teleology) Baeza, J. Antonio (2016-03-10). "Molecular phylogeny of porcelain crabs...

flagellum, the only known example of a freely rotating propulsive system in biology; in the evolution of flagella, individual components were recruited from...

"Goal-Directed Processes in Biology". The Journal of Philosophy. 74 (5): 261–279. doi:10.2307/2025745. ISSN 0022-362X. JSTOR 2025745. Teleology Revisisted: The...

scholastic ideas of universal order, he championed teleology in biology. When he began teaching in a bicultural environment, his focus changed from the...

(teleology) and is progressive (orthogenesis), for example that feet might be better than hooves or lungs than gills. However, evolutionary biology makes...

structures to the service of the organisms in which they occur. Darwin's theory reformed the concept of teleology in biology. According to that theory, every organ...

(contrastable with convergent evolution; involves teleology) However, evolutionary developmental biology has identified deep homology between insect and...