Teleology §

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Relations §

• Immanent Causality: Immanent causality has been contrasted with teleological causality, which posits that events are caused by their final or intended purpose.
• Peripatetic School: Embraced Aristotle’s concept of teleology
• Aristotle: Aristotle’s philosophy emphasized the concept of teleology, or the idea of final causes.
• Aristotelian Causality: Aristotelian causality incorporates teleological explanations, which explain phenomena in terms of their final causes or purposes.
• Thomism: Thomism adopts an Aristotelian teleological view, seeing natural entities as having intrinsic goals or final causes.
• Anthropic Principle: The Anthropic Principle has been associated with teleological arguments, which suggest that the universe has a purpose or final cause, particularly in relation to the existence of intelligent life.