People often think of objects teleologically. For instance, we might understand a hammer in terms its purpose driving nails. But how should teleological thinking the first place? This paper separates mere teleology (simply ascribing telos) and explanation (thinking something is explained by examining cases where an object was designed for one but now widely used different purpose. Across four e...

We describe Monte Carlo models for the dynamical evolution of the nearby globular cluster NGC 6397. The code includes treatments of two-body relaxation, most kinds of threeand four-body interactions involving primordial binaries and those formed dynamically, the Galactic tide, and the internal evolution of both single and binary stars. We arrive at a set of initial parameters for the cluster wh...

We define comparative disease profile (CDP) as a collection of facts and/or symptoms that are significantly different between a disease group and a user-defined control group. We have developed a computer system that can automatically generate a comparative disease profile from clinical data. It allows the user to explicitly specify the disease group and the control group, and thereby focus att...