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What Is Teleological Reasoning?

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What Is Teleological Reasoning? A teleology is an account of a given thing’s purpose. For example, a teleological explanation of why forks have prongs is that this design helps humans eat certain foods; stabbing food to help humans eat is what forks are for. What teleological means? Aristotle defines teleological explanation as explanation of something

What Is Teleology According To Aristotle?

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What Is Teleology According To Aristotle? The most-celebrated account of teleology was that given by Aristotle when he declared that a full explanation of anything must consider its final cause as well as its efficient, material, and formal causes (the latter two being the stuff out of which a thing is made and the form