Search results for "Teleology" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 – April 21, 1109) was an Italian medieval philosopher, theologian, and church official who held the office ...
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  • as some kind of design or purpose or intention or teleology in the universe, is a central question of investigation and controversy. ...
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  • Cladistics, or phylogenetic systematics, is a system of classifying living and extinct organisms based on evolutionary ancestry as determined ...
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  • Greek word telos, meaning end or purpose. Teleology is the supposition that ... is giving a proposed view of God's teleology. ==== Aquinas and ...
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  • brought in their own humanistic version of teleology, saying that human nature will progress to the point of perfectibility. In his The Education of ...
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  • Category:Public Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropologists Boas, Franz [[Image:FranzBoas.jpg|thumb|right|Franz Boas]] ...
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  • A virtue is a trait or disposition of character that leads to good behavior, for example, wisdom, courage, modesty, generosity, and self-control ...
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  • Edward III (November 13, 1312 – June 21, 1377) was one of the most successful English monarchs of the Middle Ages. Restoring royal authority ...
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  • onto nature. This mechanical explanation of teleology anticipated natural selection (see also Anthropic principle). # The universe is far from ...
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  • The philosophy of science, a sub-branch of epistemology, is the branch of philosophy that studies the philosophical assumptions, foundations ...
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  • Philosophy of religion is the application of the philosophical method to the subject matter of religion. Accordingly, it is the rational study ...
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