The functions of institutions: etiology and teleology
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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-019-02188-8
Abstract: Institutions generate cooperative benefits that explain why they exist and persist. Therefore, their etiological function is to promote cooperation. The function of a particular institution, such as money or traffic regulations, is to solve one… read more here.
Keywords: functions institutions; etiology; teleology; etiology teleology ... See more keywords
The Essence of Myth
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DOI: 10.1007/s40961-020-00198-3
Abstract: Myth has a convoluted etymological history in terms of its origins, meanings, and functions. Throughout this essay, I explore the signification, structure, and essence of myth in terms of its source, force, form, object, and… read more here.
Keywords: ontology; teleology; essence myth; philosophy ... See more keywords
Is Gaia alive? The future of a symbiotic planet
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DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2018.07.010
Abstract: Abstract Life affecting first the development of the planetary environment, which, in turn, affects the future evolution of life in a coevolutionary way is a well-established idea now. Nevertheless, with the proposal of the Gaia… read more here.
Keywords: gaia alive; alive future; teleology; planet ... See more keywords
Extended difficulties with counterfactuals persist in reasoning with false beliefs: Evidence for teleology-in-perspective.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2020.105058
Abstract: Increasing evidence suggests that counterfactual reasoning is involved in false belief reasoning. Because existing work is correlational, we developed a manipulation that revealed a signature of counterfactual reasoning in participants' answers to false belief questions.… read more here.
Keywords: false belief; difficulties counterfactuals; teleology; counterfactual reasoning ... See more keywords
Vicarious Actions and Social Teleology
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DOI: 10.1017/can.2021.4
Abstract: Abstract Actions receive teleological descriptions and reason explanations. In some circumstances, these descriptions and explanations might appeal not just to the agent’s own purposes and reasons, but also to the purposes and reasons of others… read more here.
Keywords: teleology; actions social; vicarious actions; social teleology ... See more keywords
Spinoza's counter-aesthetics
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DOI: 10.1080/17496977.2020.1732704
Abstract: ABSTRACT Spinoza says very little about art or literature in his work; a fact which partly explains the absence of references to him by the German initiators of aesthetics in the eighteenth century, including Baumgarten,… read more here.
Keywords: teleology; counter aesthetics; philosophy; counter ... See more keywords
Organizing Interdisciplinary Research on Purpose
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DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biab128
Abstract: The star-nosed mole is aptly named. Its distinctive snout consists of 22 tendrils ringing a pair of nostrils and, from some angles, the entire setup resembles a misshapen star. The tendrils are fleshy and look… read more here.
Keywords: purposiveness; teleology; interdisciplinary research; organizing interdisciplinary ... See more keywords
Perceptual teleology: expectations of action efficiency bias social perception
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0638
Abstract: Primates interpret conspecific behaviour as goal-directed and expect others to achieve goals by the most efficient means possible. While this teleological stance is prominent in evolutionary and developmental theories of social cognition, little is known… read more here.
Keywords: teleology; teleology expectations; perception; perceptual teleology ... See more keywords
Everything in Nature is in Intellect: Forms and Natural Teleology in Ennead 6.2.21 (and elsewhere)
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DOI: 10.1163/15685284-bja10044
Abstract: According to a straightforward reading of Enn. 6.2.21, all principles (logoi) in nature have their origin in corresponding features of a divine Intellect. But interpreters have often advocated more restricted readings of Intellect’s contents. These… read more here.
Keywords: everything nature; teleology; intellect forms; intellect ... See more keywords
Duns Scotus on Disability: Teleology, Divine Willing, and Pure Nature
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DOI: 10.1177/0040563916682324
Abstract: According to the so-called “religio-ethical” model of disability accepted in some sense by Aquinas, disability is fundamentally a punishment for wrongdoing. Duns Scotus rejects this view and holds that disability could simply have been part… read more here.
Keywords: duns scotus; scotus disability; teleology; disability ... See more keywords
Implicit associations of teleology and essentialism concepts with genetics concepts among secondary school students
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242189
Abstract: In this article, we present the development and validation of an implicit association test for measuring secondary school students’ associations between genetics concepts and teleology concepts on the one hand, and between genetics concepts and… read more here.
Keywords: genetics concepts; teleology; genetics; school ... See more keywords