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T is for Teleology. Or Trouble. Michael Flannery
Biologists have long excluded the notion of purposefulness from polite scientific discourse, arguing that it is a return to spooky vitalist thinking in biology. Yet, life itself is a phenomenon that is inherently purposeful. How can one study life while excluding the very thing that makes life distinctive?
Michael Flannery, Emeritus Professor from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, joins us on One Universe Two Books to discuss the knotty problem of teleology.
Michael Flannery is a prolific writer on issues of bioethics and the philosophy of evolutionary thought. His books include…
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