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...

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

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...