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Teleology / Entelechy
Teleology / Entelechy
System notes
If selection explains every instance of goal-directedness without residue, teleology dies.
The universe tilts toward structure; it does not drift.
Mechanism explains the process; teleology explains the direction — the two frames are hierarchically ordered, not mutually exclusive.
The teleology debate is a metaphysical fault line that cannot be settled by experiment.
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system
If selection explains every instance of goal-directedness without residue, teleology dies.
sources: darwin-1859
system
The universe tilts toward structure; it does not drift.
speculative
Gradient consumption produces structure that points toward more structure.
sources: england-2013, prigogine-1977
system
Mechanism explains the process; teleology explains the direction — the two frames are hierarchically ordered, not mutually exclusive.
sources: darwin-1859, whitehead-1929
system
The teleology debate is a metaphysical fault line that cannot be settled by experiment.
sources: whitehead-1929, darwin-1859
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speculative0.70
Purpose is a force, not merely a story or cognitive projection.
sources: whitehead-1929, england-2013
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