teleology vs. teleonomy – Uncommon Descent

Remember that Linnean Society conference, Teleonomy vs. Teleology?

Some friends, virtually attending, say that the real purpose is to assume the language of purpose in nature while denying any purpose. What they cannot any longer deny, they will reprocess.

relatd There is NO reason to believe that a factual origin story will appear. None. There is NO reason to believe... – Remember when the lab-leak theory of...
relatd CD at 1, Scientific American has gone off the deep end. Creating problems where none exist and mixing different concepts... – At Mind Matters News: Why free...
relatd The most common problem afflicting the West today is sexual immorality. Sex outside of marriage was condemned in the past... – Are We Free?
relatd SA at 382, Lying must be the most common things Leftists do. How else can distorted and abnormal things end... – DEVELOPING, the US Supreme Court reverses...
relatd JH at 375, I see you're disappointed that there's no Atheist majority. – DEVELOPING, the US Supreme Court reverses...
kairosfocus Would we regard the words of a contract like we are seeing being proposed? The US Constitution is comparable, and... – DEVELOPING, the US Supreme Court reverses...
Seversky How can the body be at war with itself? Auto-immune disease? – Are We Free?
Querius Silver Asiatic @3, A superdeterministic system requires a cause. Something would have to cause everything to be “pre-determined” including our... – At Mind Matters News: Why free...
kairosfocus ET (attn FH): In addition, there is the pretence of getting functionally complex specific organisation and associated information, algorithms, code,... – Archaeologists believe they found the oldest...
ET Fred Hickson: I repeat that RNA World drives a coach and horses through your idea that aaRSs could not have... – Archaeologists believe they found the oldest...
ET Fred Hickson: What symbolism is there in the process of DNA to protein transcription/translation? That mRNA codons REPRESENT amino acids,... – Archaeologists believe they found the oldest...
ET Fred Hickson: But the fact is using the words “code, coding, encoding, translating” etc when talking about DNA and the... – Archaeologists believe they found the oldest...
chuckdarwin Ba77 & SA You both appear smart and well-educated, which is why it is frustrating when you don't deal with... – At Mind Matters News: Why free...
Lieutenant Commander Data ET Fred Hickson: Szostak et al. engineered a ribozyme to perform as an amino-acyl tRNA synthetase. OK. That doesn’t mean... – How Could Life Evolve From Cyanide?
TAMMIE LEE HAYNES Oh, come on. Follow the Science Lancet, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the WHO, the CDC, Dr Fauci,... – Remember when the lab-leak theory of...
Blastus Interesting that free will has also long been debated in Christian circles between those who follow the teachings of John... – At Mind Matters News: Why free...
bornagain77 Q: "nor do they involve any symbols or actual intelligence as he has repeatedly and convincingly demonstrated here to everyone’s... – Archaeologists believe they found the oldest...
Querius Fred Hickson is on to something in his assertion that “language” doesn’t actually exist. As he boldly asserts, what we're... – Archaeologists believe they found the oldest...
Silver Asiatic A superdeterministic system requires a cause. Something would have to cause everything to be "pre-determined" including our own thoughts and... – At Mind Matters News: Why free...
PaV The central question is, and always has been, who or what brought a bat virus more than a thousand miles... – Remember when the lab-leak theory of...
Silver Asiatic JHolo is clueless. No one is rewriting the US Constitution. JHolo said previously in this thread: I find it sad,... – DEVELOPING, the US Supreme Court reverses...