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Analytic Philosophy, 2021
AbstractIn this article, I develop a metaphysical account of final causes grounded on contemporary powers metaphysics. After having presented some key elements of an Aristotle‐inspired teleology, i.e., the study of final causes within Aristotelian tradition, I introduce powers. Moreover, I present some theses about their nature and features. Afterward,
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AbstractIn this article, I develop a metaphysical account of final causes grounded on contemporary powers metaphysics. After having presented some key elements of an Aristotle‐inspired teleology, i.e., the study of final causes within Aristotelian tradition, I introduce powers. Moreover, I present some theses about their nature and features. Afterward,
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The practical other: teleology and its development [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 2018 We argue for teleology as a description of the way in which we ordinarily understand others’ intentional actions. Teleology starts from the close resemblance between the reasoning involved in understanding others’ actions and one’s own practical ...
Josef Perner, Johannes Roessler
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Kant on biological teleology: Towards a two-level interpretation
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C:Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 2006 According to Kant's Critique of the power of judgment, teleological considerations are unavoidable for conceptualizing organisms. Does this mean that teleology is more than merely heuristic?
Quarfood, Marcel,
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Journal of the History of Biology, 1969
In trying to decide whether teleology in the sciences is good, bad, or indifferent, philosophers have tended to focus on three sorts of cases. They are exemplified in these paradigms: (1) The function of the heart is to pump blood. (Call this a functional ascription) (2) The goal of the rat is to reach food at the end of the maze ...
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In trying to decide whether teleology in the sciences is good, bad, or indifferent, philosophers have tended to focus on three sorts of cases. They are exemplified in these paradigms: (1) The function of the heart is to pump blood. (Call this a functional ascription) (2) The goal of the rat is to reach food at the end of the maze ...
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American Psychologist, 1992
A psychological science of efficient causes, using internal mechanisms to explain overt behavior, is distinguished from another psychological science, based on Aristotelian final causes, using external objects and goals to explain overt behavior. Efficient-cause psychology is designed to answer the question of how a particular act is emitted; final ...
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A psychological science of efficient causes, using internal mechanisms to explain overt behavior, is distinguished from another psychological science, based on Aristotelian final causes, using external objects and goals to explain overt behavior. Efficient-cause psychology is designed to answer the question of how a particular act is emitted; final ...
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La semaine des hopitaux : organe fonde par l'Association d'enseignement medical des hopitaux de Paris, 2007
P, VENDRYES, R, AUREAU
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P, VENDRYES, R, AUREAU
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Teleology and the organism: Kant's controversial legacy for contemporary biology
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 2022Auguste Nahas, Andrea Gambarotto
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2023
This comprehensive Dictionary brings together an extensive range of definitive terms in ecological economics. Assembling contributions from distinguished scholars, it provides an intellectual map to this evolving subject ranging from the practical to the philosophical.
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This comprehensive Dictionary brings together an extensive range of definitive terms in ecological economics. Assembling contributions from distinguished scholars, it provides an intellectual map to this evolving subject ranging from the practical to the philosophical.
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European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 1991
R J, Lilford, F C, Bryce
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R J, Lilford, F C, Bryce
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