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: 09-10-2013
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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