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On purpose / Michael Ruse

This history of teleology in Western thought analyses the concept of purpose from ancient Greece to the present. It examines philosophical, religious, and scientific perspectives, covering Platonic, Aristotelian, and Kantian frameworks and their relation to Darwinian theory.

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Evolution (Biology)/Biology/Life sciences/Science Free will and determinism/Determinism (Philosophy)/Philosophy History Humanism/Philosophy Intentionality (Philosophy)/Philosophy Philosophy Philosophy -- History Reason/Rationalism/Knowledge, Theory of/Philosophy Teleology/Philosophy

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