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See my "Teleological Explanations in Evolutionary Biology," Philosophy of Science 37 (1970), pp. 1-15; and "The Distinctness of Biology," in Friedel Weinert (ed.), Laws of Nature. Essays on the Philosophical, Scientific, and Historical Dimensions (Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and New York, 1995), pp. 268-285.

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The Compatiblity of Teological and Causal Explanations

Evolution: Topic Index
The Darwinian Revolution
Darwin's Discovery: Design without Designer
Natural Selection as a Directive Process
Natural Selection as a Creative Process
Natural Selection as an Opportunistic Process
Chance and Necessity
Teleology and Teleological Explanations
Coda: Science as a Way of Knowing

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Dr. Francisco Ayala
Dr. Francisco Ayala

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See also:

Genetics
Evolution
The Relation of Science & Religion
Purpose and Design
The Argument From Design
The Anthropic Principle
Opinions
Charles Darwin
Galileo
Copernicus
Sir Isaac Newton
DNA Double-Helix