Shane:
Once you deny any immanent teleology to nature, then no natural
phenomenon, including organic evolution, can be "progressive"
Reply:
Not teleology, teleonomy: the quality of apparent purposefulness and of
goal-directedness of structures and functions in living organisms that derive
from their evolutionary history and adaptation for reproductive success.
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