# Invariant 3.22 — Teleology / entelechy / final cause

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## 3.22 Teleology / entelechy / final cause
Things straining toward a completed form; the universe tending toward higher order. **Sources:** Aristotle (four causes, entelechy); Leibniz (pre-established harmony); Whitehead (process, concrescence); Teilhard (Omega Point); Peirce (tendency to habit). **Domains:** philosophy, theology, (contested) biology. **Dual:** pure efficient-cause mechanism. **Tier:** T3/T4. **Falsifier:** the honest one — modern biology explains apparent purpose by §3.12 (selection) with no final cause; a mapping here must show what selection *cannot* account for. **Maps:** A₂ (the grain), T₂ (the Ought), your diary's core. **This is the fault line where your metaphysics and mechanism part. Type it, don't blur it.**

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## Corpus map
- Same invariant, other planes: [Catalogue node C25](/a/oip-node-c25-teleology-entelechy) · [Encyclopedia C25](/a/convergence-encyclopedia-c25)
- Inventory hub: [Convergence Catalogue — Public Article](/a/oip-convergence-public-article)