Dysteleology Explained

Dysteleology is the philosophical view that existence has no telos - no final cause from purposeful design.

Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) invented and popularized the term dysteleology^[1] (German: Dysteleologie^[2]).

External links

• Dysteleology. 8. 787.

Notes and References

1. Natural Selection and Dysteleology. Romanes, George J.. George Romanes. Nature. 9. 361–2. 1874-03-12. 10.1038/009361a0 . 228 . 'Prof. Haeckel has invented a new and convenient name, "Dysteleology," for the study of the "purposelessnesses" which are observable in living organisms—such as the multitudinous cases of rudimentary and apparently useless structures.'.
2. Haeckel, Ernst. Allgemeine Entwickelungsgeschichte der Organismen: Kritische Grundzüge der mechanischen Wissenschaft von den entstehenden Formen der Organismen (Ernst Haeckel: Generelle Morphologie der Organismen) De Gruyter, Reprint 2019 edition (1 Jan. 1866).