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Teleology - English
URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14474a.htm

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An article from the Catholic Encyclopedia

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CRITICAL-CAFE: Darwinism and teleology - English
URL: http://www.eeng.dcu.ie/~tkpw/hm_archives/critical-cafe/Y1996-M04/msg00063.html

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Science of Logic - Teleology - English
URL: http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/works/hl/hlteleol.htm

Hegel's dialectics, Teleology, Logic.

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Teleological Notions in Biology - English
URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/teleology-biology/

An article from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. teleological terms definitions, bibliography, related links.

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Teleology vs. Mechanism - English
URL: http://www.fourmilab.ch/rpkp/teleology.html

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Article by John Beloff.

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Web Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems: Teleology - English
URL: http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/Teleology.html

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The philosophical study of manifestations of design or purposes in natural processes or occurrences, under the belief that natural processes are not determined by mechanism but rather by their utility in an overall natural design. 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. Science, on the other hand, has sought to explain apparently purposeful behavior through the theory of mechanism.

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Encyclopedia.com - Results for teleology - English
URL: http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/12700.html

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Term applied to any system attempting to explain a series of events in terms of ends, goals, or purposes. It is opposed to mechanism, which holds that all events are explained by the mechanical principles of causation. Teleologists have frequently identified purpose in the universe as God's will. The teleological proof of the existence of God argues that since there is design in the world, there must be a designer (God). A more recent, evolutionary view finds purpose in the higher levels of organic life but holds that it is not necessarily based on any transcendent being.

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Teleology - English
URL: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GLOSSARY/TELE.HTM

An entry in the World Cultures General Glossary. This short essay defines teleology and relates it to cultural systems of meaning.

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