RE: The absurd need for logical proofs for God
December 2, 2020 at 10:23 am
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2020 at 10:27 am by The Grand Nudger.)
This was staked out long before we discovered evolutionary biology, ofc. Famously, long ago, with the statement that the purpose of an acorn is to become a tree. That's the explanation for acorns. That's why they exist - to become a tree. That is the natural teleology of acorns. An explanation for a thing by it's purpose.
What we've discovered about genetics and evolutionary biology doesn't seem to contradict that or make it an incomprehensible or obviously false statement in any way. More than that, it makes it more comprehensible - it gives a framework for understanding the mechanics of how that came to be so.
That we see purpose in the products of evolutionary biology should not be surprising, as the underlying premise of evolutionary biology (and common descent, obvs) is the effect of heritable utility on the survival and reproduction of a population. The observation of natural teleology leads only to the conclusion that some process at work in the world is capable of limiting outcomes by some set of relevant criteria. There is, so why shouldn't there be natural teleology, and why would (or how could?) the explanation for that teleology prove that there were no teleology?
What we've discovered about genetics and evolutionary biology doesn't seem to contradict that or make it an incomprehensible or obviously false statement in any way. More than that, it makes it more comprehensible - it gives a framework for understanding the mechanics of how that came to be so.
That we see purpose in the products of evolutionary biology should not be surprising, as the underlying premise of evolutionary biology (and common descent, obvs) is the effect of heritable utility on the survival and reproduction of a population. The observation of natural teleology leads only to the conclusion that some process at work in the world is capable of limiting outcomes by some set of relevant criteria. There is, so why shouldn't there be natural teleology, and why would (or how could?) the explanation for that teleology prove that there were no teleology?
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