Mechanism and Finality in Biology
Abstract This article defends a teleological approach which is compatible with our scientific image. It is held that organisms can be depicted as autonomous systems in which occurs autorregulation processes and exhibits a teleological behaviour oriented to an equilibrium. Furthermore, the aforementioned systems are well depicted as mechanical ones. In sum, finality can be understood as a search of an equilibrium by the natural systems in their adaptation to environment. So, we conciliate finalism and mechanicism.
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Jaume Rodríguez, A. L. (2011). Mechanism and Finality in Biology. Azafea: Revista De Filosofía, 12(1), 65–78. https://doi.org/10.14201/7995
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