Evolutionary emergence of purposive goals and values a naturalistic teleology /

Where do the purposes, values, and existential meanings of the world come from? For many, they are conferred on the world and on humans within the world by a supernatural, transcendent, personal divine creator and sustainer. For others, they result from a God or divine presence residing within natur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crosby, Donald A. (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Albany : SUNY Press, 2023.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.18255125
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Six Interpretations of Teleology
  • Two Meanings of Telos
  • Teleology and Values
  • Evolutionary Origin and Development of Telic Values
  • Panpsychism and Emergent Novelty
  • Organization as the Key to Mind
  • Teleology and Two Kinds of Religious Faith
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index