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Teleonomy

Teleonomy is the quality of apparent purposefulness and of goal-directedness of structures and functions in living organisms brought about by natural processes like natural selection. The term derives from two Greek words, τέλος, from τελε-, ("end", "goal", "purpose") and νόμος nomos ("law"). Teleonomy is sometimes contrasted with teleology, where the…

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Teleonomy

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Edges53
Triples31
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
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Teleonomy

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related to Current status · 14
Teleonomy → Addy Pross, Denis Noble, Evolution, In, It, James, Living Systems, On Purpose, Peter Corning, Richard, Shapiro, Some, Stuart Kauffman, Vane-Wright
related to Philosophy · 11
Teleonomy → Aristotelian, Baruch Spinoza, Critique, In, Judgment, Kant's, Kantian, Spinoza, The Dutch Jewish, Their, Thus
related to Relationship to evolution · 5
Teleonomy → Mayr, Pittendrigh, Pittendrigh's, The, This
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Teleonomy → quality of apparent purposefulness and of goal-directedness of structures and functions in living organisms brought about by natural processes like natural selection

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teleology evolution teleonomic purpose selection mayr natural biologists systems process organisms term evolutionary biological would concept without biology structures living

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Teleonomyis aquality of apparent purposefulness and of goal-directedness of structures and functions in living organisms brought about by natural processes like natural selection0.90text
Teleonomyrelated to Current statusIt0.60section
Teleonomyrelated to Current statusSome0.60section
Teleonomyrelated to Current statusIn0.60section
Teleonomyrelated to Current statusEvolution0.60section
Teleonomyrelated to Current statusOn Purpose0.60section
Teleonomyrelated to Current statusLiving Systems0.60section
Teleonomyrelated to Current statusPeter Corning0.60section
Teleonomyrelated to Current statusStuart Kauffman0.60section
Teleonomyrelated to Current statusDenis Noble0.60section
Teleonomyrelated to Current statusJames0.60section
Teleonomyrelated to Current statusShapiro0.60section

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