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A comprehensive definition of the phenomenon called “life” led to the addition of many dimensions to the natural sciences, and especially the conscious mental dimension. Historical attention is paid not only to those employing the natural philosophical paradigms, but also to evolutionary theories and to the Kantian teleological philosophy. The belief that science can solve the riddle of life is a category of purposal thinking. A revised version of critical teleology is essential for comprehension of life.
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Idalovichi, I. Life and teleology. Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 23, 85–103 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01801797
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