Disconfirming Edge 1: Selection vs Teleology
C09 (Selection) contradicts C25 (Teleology)
Tension: Does natural selection exhaust apparent purpose, or is there a residue of directedness that selection cannot account for?
Resolution status: UNRESOLVED
What would settle it: Demonstration of (a) an evolutionary trend that is not random walk, not local fitness gradient, and not thermodynamic dissipation — requiring a new causal category; OR (b) complete derivation of all apparent purpose from selection + dissipation, rendering teleology redundant.
Current state: C09 (T1 biology) has overwhelming empirical support. C25 (T3/T4) has no accepted physical mechanism. The burden of proof is entirely on C25. The fault line is clear: mechanism vs. interpretation.
Honest assessment: The tension is asymmetrical. Selection is operational; teleology is load-optional. They coexist in the graph only because the question (“why does nature appear purposive?”) has not been fully dissolved.
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Corpus map
- C09 (Selection): C09 in the Encyclopedia · C09 in the Catalogue
- C25 (Teleology): C25 in the Encyclopedia · C25 in the Catalogue
- Disconfirming edges: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
- Catalogue hub: Convergence Catalogue — Public Article · The Schema
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19 pages on this site point at this one. These are edges in the corpus graph, not a recommendation feed.
- Disconfirming Edge 5: Branching vs Scale Invariance
- Disconfirming Edge 4: Fine-Tuning vs Symmetry
- Disconfirming Edge 3: Emergence vs Least Action
- Disconfirming Edge 2: Free Energy Principle vs Criticality
- Node C25: Teleology / Entelechy
- Node C09: Selection / Variation-Retention (Universal Darwinism)
- Convergence Catalogue: The Schema
- Convergence Catalogue: Public Article
- Convergence Catalogue: Build Order
- The Catalogue: Traversal
- The Catalogue: Religion Without Religion Lineage
- The Catalogue: The One Rule
- The Catalogue: Node Facets
- The Catalogue: Mapping Invariants to Protocol
- The Catalogue: Edge Types
- The Catalogue: Build Order
- The Catalogue: AI as an Instance
- Convergence Encyclopedia: C25 — Teleology / Entelechy
- Convergence Encyclopedia: C09 — Selection / Variation-Retention (Universal Darwinism)