Purposiveness: Teleology Between Nature and Mind

Published by De Gruyter 2008

Purposiveness

Teleology Between Nature and Mind

Edited by: Luca Illetterati and Francesca Michelini

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110321241

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About this book

Since the rise of modern thought and natural science, teleological discourses have been banished as explanatory tools in natural investigations. The various contributions to this volume embrace the task of rethinking natural purposiveness in accordance with natural science. They set out from the issue of whether, and in which form, it is possible to talk of purposes in nature, without resorting to an account requesting some intentional agent. The legitimacy of such a notion as that of internal teleology has been addressed, together with the issue of what the term "internal" properly denotes. It is meant to be an alternative both to the position of those who assume that teleology in biology requires a dimension transcending nature itself and find in teleological language an argument for the Intelligent Designer, and to the stance of those who aim to eliminate teleology from scientific inquiry altogether.

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Introduction Luca Illetterati and Francesca Michelini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Back to the Roots. ‘Functions’ and ‘Teleology’ in the Philosophy of Leibniz Antonio M. Nunziante Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
The organism concept: Kant’s methodological turn Predrag Šustar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Kant’s Ontology of Organisms Cord Friebe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Thinking Life. Hegel’s Conceptualization of Living Being as an Autopoietic Theory of Organized Systems Francesca Michelini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Unintelligent Purposes. Schopenhauer’s Way over Kantian Teleology Nicoletta De Cian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
From the Self-preservation of the Individual to Regulation of the Species. Biopolitics and Teleology Tristana Dini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Being-for. Purposes and Functions in Artefacts and Living Beings Luca Illetterati Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Teleology in Natural Organized Systems and in Artefacts. Interdependence of Processes versus External Design Georg Toepfer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Beyond Teleology? Paolo Costa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Naturalizing Teleology: Towards a Theory of Biological Subjects Andreas Weber and Francisco J. Varela Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Main content: 219
Keywords: Hegel; Kant; Leibniz

eBook

Published: May 2, 2013
ISBN: 9783110321241

Hardcover

Published: August 15, 2008
ISBN: 9783110320992