Teleology, First Principles, and Scientific Method in Aristotle’s Biology

explaining teleology in aristotle’s biology

in aristotle’s view, the explanation of an object or an issue is carried out according to the real form or reasonable essence and the utmost objective (ghāyat) it has and the goal it achieves. for instance, why do objects fall? according to aristotle and his followers, motion is explained as per the innate tendency of anything seeking to return to its natural resting place. the resting place or...

Scientific principles of education research: Experimental Biology 2007.

Barbara E. Goodman, Margaret Eisenhart, Robert L. DeHaan, Robert E. Kemm, David W. Rodenbaugh, and Nancy Pelaez University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota; University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Minnesota State University, Moorhead, Minnesota; and National Science Foundation, Arlington, Vi...

Upper-directed systems: a new approach to teleology in biology

How shall we understand apparently teleological systems?What explains their persistence (returning to past trajectories following errors) and their plasticity (finding the same trajectory from different starting points)? Here I argue that all seemingly goal-directed systems—e.g., a food-seeking organism, human-made devices like thermostats and torpedoes, biological development, human goal seeki...

Ethical Principles for Using Laboratory Rat in Scientific Researches

Background: Advancements made in medicine during centuries have been disclosed importance of using animal for research in biology. Appropriate conduction of animal researches needs skilled and experienced researchers who are aware of principles for using laboratory animals. Regarding scientific activities, ethical considerations for using of animals in experiments that are associated with pain ...

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