Teleology Revived? Cooperation and the Ends of Nature
Modern natural science and philosophies of nature are often hostile to the notion of teleology in nature. Nevertheless, teleological orientation is ascribed to human behaviour because such behaviour is deliberative and intentional. This establishes a dualism between nature and culture, but also betw...
| Publié dans: | Studies in Christian ethics |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Sage
2013
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Studies in Christian ethics
Année: 2013, Volume: 26, Numéro: 2, Pages: 158-165 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Nature
B Autopoiesis B Cooperation B Teleology B Forme B Aristotle |
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| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | Modern natural science and philosophies of nature are often hostile to the notion of teleology in nature. Nevertheless, teleological orientation is ascribed to human behaviour because such behaviour is deliberative and intentional. This establishes a dualism between nature and culture, but also between intentional mind and inert matter. This essay argues that such dualisms are overcome by resisting a distinction between ‘extrinsic’ teleology and ‘intrinsic’ teleology, and by recovering Aristotle’s connection between teleology and form. Recent work on autopoiesis in the philosophy of mind indicates overlap with Aristotelian form. Finally, the new category of cooperation applied first to human behaviour in the realm of game theory, and latterly to evolution, indicates ways in which normative descriptions of nature understood teleologically are once again possible. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946812473020 |