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Teleonomy as a problem of self-causation [PDF]
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023 A theoretical framework is provided to explore teleonomy as a problem of self-causation, distinct from upward, downward and reticulate causation.
Nathalie Gontier, Gontier Nathalie
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Evolutionary Teleonomy as a Unifying Principle for the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
BIO-Complexity, 2017 Many people underestimate the effect that unifying principles have on the study of biology. Unifying principles are used to provide simplifying assumptions to complex problems which allow them to be effectively tackled by the tools at hand.
Jonathan Bartlett
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On the Chemical Nature and Origin of Teleonomy
Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 2005The physico-chemical characterization of a teleonomic event and the nature of the physico-chemical process by which teleonomic systems could emerge from non-teleonomic systems are addressed in this paper. It is proposed that teleonomic events are those whose primary directive is discerned to be non-thermodynamic, while regular (non-teleonomic) events ...
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences, 1977
Abstract Scientific investigation of the behaviour of animals in relation to environmental goals, and of the performance of the stabilizing systems which regulate the internal environment of their cells, was for many years frustrated by a kind of vitalism which effectively excluded such investigation from the proper province of ...
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Abstract Scientific investigation of the behaviour of animals in relation to environmental goals, and of the performance of the stabilizing systems which regulate the internal environment of their cells, was for many years frustrated by a kind of vitalism which effectively excluded such investigation from the proper province of ...
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An updated perspective on teleonomy
Behavioral and Brain SciencesAbstract The analysis of proxy failure given by John et al. provides a good starting point for interdisciplinary discussions. Here, the discussion of teleonomy is extended and updated to include more recent discourse on the topic.
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The Role of Teleonomy in Evolution
Philosophy of Science, 1962The papers presented at the Chicago Darwin Centennial suggest a fresh approach to the philosophical problem of ends in nature. In order to avoid the implications of “teleology,” assumed to refer only to the process of evolution as directed towards goals, the discussants use “teleonomy” in reference to the biological organism as end-directed (for ...
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