Is there teleological order in nature? is there teleological explanation in science?
Journal title EPISTEMOLOGIA
Author/s Paul Weingartner
Publishing Year 2012 Issue 2012/2
Language English Pages 10 P. 211-220 File size 590 KB
DOI 10.3280/EPIS2012-002003
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The paper will be divided into two parts. In the first part concerning teleological order in nature, different types of order will be distinguished: beginning with order as structure and then proceeding to higher and stronger types of order, which include special arithmetical and geometrical relations and eventually also negentropy. It will be shown that certain processes of becoming can possess higher order in such a way that they can have teleological order. In the second part a definition of teleological explanation will be given and the following two questions will be answered: (1) Are there teleological explanations which are logically valid? (2) Are there teleological explanations which are used by scientists?
Keywords: Teleology, goal, order, chance, teleological explanation, design.
Paul Weingartner, Is there teleological order in nature? is there teleological explanation in science? in "EPISTEMOLOGIA" 2/2012, pp 211-220, DOI: 10.3280/EPIS2012-002003