Evolution "On Purpose"
Corning, Peter A. / Kauffman, Stuart A. / Noble, Denis / Shapiro, James A. / Vane-Wright, Richard I. A unique exploration of teleonomy—also known as “evolved purposiveness”—as a major influence in evolution by a broad range of specialists in biology and the philosophy of science.The evolved purposiveness of living systems, termed “teleonomy” by chronobiologist Colin Pittendrigh, has been both a major outcome and causal factor in the history of life on Earth. Many theorists have appreciated this over the years, going back to Lamarck and even ...