Re: Evolutionary Teleology

2005-05-17 Thread Michael Moum
Mark, Perhaps I should say realist, rather than idealist. I use idealist in the sense that Platonic ideas have a real existence somewhere outside of the human mind. Mike Mark A. Foster wrote: You are a nominalist, and I am an idealist, so we would probably understand this statement differently;

Re: Evolutionary Teleology

2005-05-16 Thread Michael Moum
Mark, Thank you for the summary - it certainly helps me understand your position on evolution from a Baha'i perspective, which, for what it is worth, is essentially the same as mind. I have two brief comments. 1) It is important to understand, as you have stated, that teleological statements