(January 30, 2018 at 7:22 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Evolution has a role, in the sense it is a process that unavoidably interacts with, affects and is affected by other parts of the natural world. It has no function in the sense that it filled some intended role.
Exactly. "Function" implies teleology.
In evolution, there is none. Don't believe me, ask the trilobites. Or the T. Rex. Or the ...