Darwin was a teleologist

@lousadzak @trousersgrumpy @jk_rowling BTW: https://t.co/4rwA0dtE7Y

@SohrabAhmari Yup: https://t.co/FSctSvyFLc

There is no reason to waffle here: teleological explanations are pervasive in the social sciences; and indeed in biology as well. Why the need to pretend that Galileo is the pinnacle of all science? https://t.co/El9OHCZeKX

RT @ReinH: "Progress" is a form of adaptation: it is the form that adaptation takes when it moves towards _human goals_. Darwinian evolutio…

RT @ReinH: "Progress" is a form of adaptation: it is the form that adaptation takes when it moves towards _human goals_. Darwinian evolutio…

RT @ReinH: "Progress" is a form of adaptation: it is the form that adaptation takes when it moves towards _human goals_. Darwinian evolutio…

RT @ReinH: "Progress" is a form of adaptation: it is the form that adaptation takes when it moves towards _human goals_. Darwinian evolutio…

RT @ReinH: "Progress" is a form of adaptation: it is the form that adaptation takes when it moves towards _human goals_. Darwinian evolutio…

@mykola https://t.co/5qv9pjn1HN

RT @ReinH: "Progress" is a form of adaptation: it is the form that adaptation takes when it moves towards _human goals_. Darwinian evolutio…

RT @ReinH: "Progress" is a form of adaptation: it is the form that adaptation takes when it moves towards _human goals_. Darwinian evolutio…

RT @ReinH: "Progress" is a form of adaptation: it is the form that adaptation takes when it moves towards _human goals_. Darwinian evolutio…

RT @ReinH: "Progress" is a form of adaptation: it is the form that adaptation takes when it moves towards _human goals_. Darwinian evolutio…

"Progress" is a form of adaptation: it is the form that adaptation takes when it moves towards _human goals_. Darwinian evolution is a form of adaptation, and is in fact teleological in the broader sense[1], but it is not "progress". [1] https://t.co/5qv9

RT @KampourakisK: @philipcball And here is by far the best account from 30 years ago: https://t.co/Z0gbglQBcD

RT @KampourakisK: @philipcball And here is by far the best account from 30 years ago: https://t.co/Z0gbglQBcD

"The confusion in the nineteenth century about Darwin's attitude to teleology is argued to be a result of Darwin's teleological explanations not conforming to either of the dominant philosophical justifications of teleology at that time."

@philipcball And here is by far the best account from 30 years ago: https://t.co/Z0gbglQBcD

@spinophrenic @carl_b_sachs https://t.co/35mZDwyOxH

Many philosophers have explained across time that teleology is not a bad thing; in fact it is inherent in selection talk. The clearest exposition of this is by far the article "Darwin was a teleologist" by Jim Lennox. https://t.co/Z0gbglQ3n5

RT @serdarguenes: “Darwin Was a Teleologist.” James G. Lennox, Biology and Philosophy, 1993, 8:409–421 #darwin https://t.co/llp1gHC4c7

“Darwin Was a Teleologist.” James G. Lennox, Biology and Philosophy, 1993, 8:409–421 #darwin https://t.co/llp1gHC4c7

RT @TAJackson20: @Groypergascar The INSTANT you say biology is ordered towards reproduction, congrats, you've reintroduced teleology. Darwi…

RT @TAJackson20: @Groypergascar The INSTANT you say biology is ordered towards reproduction, congrats, you've reintroduced teleology. Darwi…

@Groypergascar The INSTANT you say biology is ordered towards reproduction, congrats, you've reintroduced teleology. Darwin's contemporaries in naturalist philosophy knew this and were skeptical of him for that reason. https://t.co/JfCkkn5bwl