Final Causality in Nature and Human Affairs

by Richard F. Hassing

2021-01-03 10:58:55

Teleology - the inquiry into the goals or goods at which nature, history, God, and human beings aim - is among the most fundamental yet controversial themes in the history of philosophy. Are there ends in nonhuman nature? Does human history have a go... Read more
Teleology - the inquiry into the goals or goods at which nature, history, God, and human beings aim - is among the most fundamental yet controversial themes in the history of philosophy. Are there ends in nonhuman nature? Does human history have a goal? Do humanly unintended events of great significance express some sort of purpose? Do human beings have ends prior to choice? The essays in this volume address the abiding questions of final causality. The chapters are arranged in historical order from Aristotle through Hegel to contemporary anthropic-principle cosmology. Less

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File size9 X 6 X 0.5 in
Print pages282
PublisherThe Catholic University of America Press
Publication date March 6, 2018
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780813208916

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