Hi Stephen P. King
Anything that has a purpose is teleological.
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From: Stephen P. King
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Time: 2013-02-05, 07:53:22
Subject: Re: Lee Smolin and Darwin's Uncommon Success
Hi,
ISTM that purpose is a 1p, so to ask the question in a 3p sense is
to make it meaningless.
On 2/5/2013 6:23 AM, Russell Standish wrote:
> Only in the same sense that evolution is teleological, ie not really.
>
> Cheers
>
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 06:59:01PM +1100, Kim Jones wrote:
>> So does this explain the PURPOSE of the universe or merely a dominant
>> FUNCTION? The blind exercise of function doesn't seem to me to include the
>> global concept of purpose. The use of this word is about my only gripe with
>> it. I could be wrong.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> K
>>
>>
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Onward!
Stephen
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