Teleology (External, or Extrinsic)

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A kind of quality or phenomenon characterized by actual or apparent goal-directedness in which the goal, and the agency by which the goal is achieved, are imparted to a system from without. Compare to “Teleology (Internal, or Intrinsic).”

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Lennox, J.G. (1992). “Teleology.” In E.F. Keller, & E.A. Lloyd (Eds.), Keywords in evolutionary biology (pp. 324–333). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.