RE: Thomism: Then & Now
October 12, 2021 at 6:32 pm
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2021 at 6:46 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I think teleology is pretty much up in the air in biology, at least as to whether or not it's wrong..it certainly wasn't right as aristotle envisioned. It's not clear that a seed has a purpose, and if it does, that the purpose is to make a tree, rather than another seed.. (or a chair)....or a stinkbug. Similarly, it's not clear that we do things..in order to survive, rather than we survive because we do things. That's the big kicker. Indefinite, ambiguous, and amorphous ends aren't quite what we have in mind when we describe some final purpose or cause. Speaking of, fully understood, there is no final anything for any living structure. We're all a continuation of life, a solid unbroken line.
I still like using the semantics, though, and wouldn't rule it out. It's how I explain plant and animal behavior to kids. Super intuitive and at least workable, if not exactly right.
I still like using the semantics, though, and wouldn't rule it out. It's how I explain plant and animal behavior to kids. Super intuitive and at least workable, if not exactly right.
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