A Little Teleology, as a Treat
I read about Hegel and now you must suffer
The luminaries of the early scientific revolution, such as Galileo and Descartes, were in part seeking the overthrow of the stifling influence of Aristotle. From biology to astronomy to physics, Aristotelian thinkers dominated, piecing together the picture of a wholly teleological cosmos. With the successful overthrow of that worldview, skepticism towar…
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