Hans Jonas on Teleology in Biology: The Relevance of Existential Philosophy for Biological Thinking
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angličtina
Original language name
Hans Jonas on Teleology in Biology: The Relevance of Existential Philosophy for Biological Thinking
Original language description
Teleological concepts are considered suspect in modern biology but they seem to be difficult to uproot without losing important biological categories such as “function” or “adaptation”. This paper briefly reviews the various philosophical approaches to re-defining teleological concepts using causal theories and then discusses a very different approach to the philosophy of life, namely Hans Jonas’s existential philosophy. In his major work “The Phenomenon of Life” Jonas attempts to find a solution to the disparity between the human experience of life and the materialist assumptions of modern science. Using a range of historical, ontological and epistemological arguments he shows the inadequacy of the materialist stance and instead suggests a possibility for a co-existence of the causal and teleological approaches as they both stem from our human experience.
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
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N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
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Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Límite: Revista Interdisciplinaria de Filosofía y Psicología
ISSN
0718-1361
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Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
34
Country of publishing house
CL - CHILE
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
41-49
UT code for WoS article
000215680200006
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