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Monday, October 22, 2012

Beware Of Teleological Reasoning

Unfortunately, even many scientists succumb.  It's very common in children and we usually outgrow it (or most of it).  For example, ask a child why there are trees, and the child may say, "to provide a home for birds".  That's a teleological answer. A scientific answer looks to the causes of trees (their evolutionary history).



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