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  title info:
    title: Teleology
  name:
    name part: Tugby, Matthew
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 74 pages ; 24 cm.
  abstract: Teleology is about functions, ends and goals in nature. This Element offers a philosophical examination of these phenomena and aims to reinstate teleology as a core part of the metaphysics of science. It starts with a critical analysis of three theories of function and argues that functions ultimately depend on goals. A metaphysical investigation of goal-directedness is then undertaken. After arguing against reductive approaches to goal-directedness, the Element develops a new theory which grounds many cases of goal-directedness in the metaphysics of powers. According to this theory, teleological properties are genuine, irreducible features of the world.
  note: Matthew Tugby.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [64]-74).
  subject:
    topic: Teleology
  classification: BD541 .T84 2024
  classification: 124
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Cambridge elements
      part name: Elements in metaphysics
  identifier: 9781009500326
  identifier: 1009500325
  identifier: 9781009257398
  identifier: 1009257390
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 240421
    record change date: 20241211144603.4
    record identifier: in00005530251