Dysteleology
Philosophical view that existence has no final goal
Dysteleology is the philosophical view that existence has no telos - no final cause from purposeful design.
Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) invented and popularized the term dysteleology[1] (German: Dysteleologie[2]).
See also
- Adevism
- Argument from poor design
- Epistemology
- Existential nihilism
- Faith and rationality
- Kierkegaard
- Materialism
- Meaning of life
- Nietzsche
- Philosophy of religion
- Teleological argument
- Teleology
- Teleonomy
References
- ^ Romanes, George J. (1874-03-12). "Natural Selection and Dysteleology". Nature. 9 (228): 361–2. doi:10.1038/009361a0.
'Prof. Haeckel has invented a new and convenient name, "Dysteleology," for the study of the "purposelessnesses" which are observable in living organisms—such as the multitudinous cases of rudimentary and apparently useless structures.'
- ^ Haeckel, Ernst. Allgemeine Entwickelungsgeschichte der Organismen: Kritische Grundzüge der mechanischen Wissenschaft von den entstehenden Formen der Organismen (Ernst Haeckel: Generelle Morphologie der Organismen) De Gruyter, Reprint 2019 edition (1 Jan. 1866).
External links
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dysteleology" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 787.
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