Aristotelian Teology as Inference to Best Explanation: An Epistemological Analysis on Finality Principale in Aristotle’s II Book of Physics
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Vol. 32 No. 2 (2013), Studies
Submitted: 2013-10-09
Abstract
This paper examines Aristotelian arguments in defence of teleology. It shows that its argumentative structure is an inference to best explanation. Finally, it relates aristotelian teleology with finality as it is dealt by modern philosophers of Science.
Keywords:
Aristotle, Finality, Explanation, Inference to the best Explanation, Functional Explanation, Teleology
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