Formal Darwinism (FD) [Grafen (2002) J Theor Biol 217:75–91; (2007) Evol 20:1243–1254.] is a theoretical framework for articulating optimization models in behavioral ecology and allele dynamics modeling population genetics. It yields teleology centered on inclusive fitness maximization (“IF teleology”), which captures the many aspects of Darwinian thinking [Huneman (2019b) Stud Hist Philos Sci ...

This paper argues that biological organisation can be legitimately conceived of as an intrinsically teleological causal regime. The core of the argument consists in establishing a connection between organisation and teleology through the concept of self-determination: biological organisation determines itself in the sense that the effects of its activity contribute to determine its own conditio...

The day-to-day operations of large-scale enterprises give rise to a wide variety of scheduling problems in such areas as manufacturing, logistics and transportation, and spacecraft operations. Building useful tools for these applications requires a set of capabilities determined both by structural properties of the problems being solved and by teleology specifically, by how schedules are used b...

From more than two decades of theoretical consideration of biology, especially evolutionary biology, I have concluded that there are no satisfactory answers to some of the most important and most fundamental questions of biology. I will argue that the fundamental reason for this is the lack of any teleology (purpose) in natural selection, which is the current dominant biological paradigm. There...

If the multiple dualities in Antigone are considered an intragenerational context, i.e. as concordant conflicts Antigone's lifetime, then plot of drama might be perceived stochastic and rather unpredictable to its catastrophic outcome, destruction all protagonists, while their polis is entrapped a seemingly unstable equilibrium. But if viewed transgenerational final episode chain dramatic inter...

Dose it matter that personal care of one doctor to one patient is being diluted by larger teams with increased delegation of work? In arguing that it does, this paper focuses on compassion, 'fellow feeling which is likely to be expressed'. General practitioner morale, patient satisfaction, and clinical medicine are examined, and teleology, game theory, and 'psycho-immuno endocrinology' touched ...