On 25/09/2008, at 6:19 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
>> Yes, most of us know what teleology is. Why did you post a
>> definitition of teleology in response to my descriptions of
>> evolution as non-teleological?
>> Charlie.
>
> I recall the term from philosophy 101, but
> > Yes, most of us know what teleology is.
> Why did you post a definitition of
> >teleology in response to my description
> of evolution as non-teleological?
> > Charlie.
> I recall the term from philosophy 101, but that was over 40
> years ago. I googled it t
> > 1. The study of design or purpose in natural phenomena.
> > 2. The use of ultimate purpose or design as a means of
> explaining phenomena.
> > 3. Belief in or the perception of purposeful
> development toward an end, as in nature
> > or history.
> Yes,
On 24/09/2008, at 9:29 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
>
> On 23 Sep 2008, at 23:13, Charlie Bell wrote:
>
>>
>> Yes, most of us know what teleology is. Why did you post a
>> definitition of teleology in response to my descriptions of evolution
>> as non-teleo
On 23 Sep 2008, at 23:13, Charlie Bell wrote:
>
> Yes, most of us know what teleology is. Why did you post a
> definitition of teleology in response to my descriptions of evolution
> as non-teleological?
He was repulsing a windmill full of strawmen?
Mixed metaphor Maru
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Willi
On 24/09/2008, at 4:27 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
>>> Charlie may correct me, but I think I recall him
>> stating that there
>>> is no teleology in evolution.
>
> which is why I am an atheist...
>
>> If I did, I was paraphrasing much greater thinkers than I
> > Charlie may correct me, but I think I recall him
> stating that there
> > is no teleology in evolution.
which is why I am an atheist...
> If I did, I was paraphrasing much greater thinkers than I.
> But yes.
> Evolution is a drunken walk. Or a moth in a disco.
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