Naturalism and Teleology

Journal of Philosophy 88 (11):656-657 (1991)
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Mohan Matthen
University of Toronto, Mississauga
Abstract
A brief comment on Mark Bedau's critique of naturalist theories of teleology. A positive account is offered in "Teleology and the Product Analogy".
Keywords teleology  functions  naturalism
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DOI 10.5840/jphil1991881112
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