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purpose (in biology)

Templeton flirts with finding purpose in biology — but fully natural purpose!

Alan Love: "Over the past several decades, though, philosophers of biology have shown that, in fact, the language of function is deeply entangled with issues related to purpose, albeit not necessarily in an inappropriate way. Instead of an inherent taint to using the language of purpose, there are interesting, unresolved issues about how function, purpose, and allied concepts are related." Guy hasn't been Canceled yet? Read More ›