The case against teleological reductionism

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 19 (3):211-223 (1968)
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Explanation and teleology.Larry Wright - 1972 - Philosophy of Science 39 (2):204-218.
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The biological way of thought.Morton Beckner - 1959 - Berkeley,: University of California Press.

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