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Tim Y · 11-19-2008, 11:58 AM

A teleological school of thought is one that holds all things to be designed for or directed toward a final result, that there is an inherent purpose or final cause for all that exists....often times that purpose is inherent believed BEFORE the data is evaluated....Looking for something specific to OVERLAY on the results whatever they may be. Always a danger in scientific evaluation. The nex jump is cause and effect when often the two things just happened at the same time.

I.E. "Reagan defeated Communism" when it fact, all that happened was that the USSR disbanded while he was in office. The teleological argument would create cause and effect when there was none.

11-19-2008, 11:58 AM	#31
Tim Y turf historian Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 6,455	A teleological school of thought is one that holds all things to be designed for or directed toward a final result, that there is an inherent purpose or final cause for all that exists....often times that purpose is inherent believed BEFORE the data is evaluated....Looking for something specific to OVERLAY on the results whatever they may be. Always a danger in scientific evaluation. The nex jump is cause and effect when often the two things just happened at the same time. I.E. "Reagan defeated Communism" when it fact, all that happened was that the USSR disbanded while he was in office. The teleological argument would create cause and effect when there was none. Last edited by Tim Y; 11-19-2008 at 12:05 PM.