Monte Johnson examines one of the most controversial aspects of Aristiotle's natural philosophy: his teleology. Is teleology about causation or explanation? Doe

In Aristotle's teleological view of the world, natural things come to be and are present for the sake of some function or end (for example, wings are present in

Andrew Woodfield's detailed survey examines the descriptions and explanations of purpose, goal, end and function.

This book offers a comprehensive account of vitalism and the Romantic philosophy of nature. The author explores the rise of biology as a unified science in Germ

Teleology is the belief that some things happen, or exist for the sake of other things. It is the belief that, for example, salmon swim upstream in order to spa