Teleology (Internal, or Intrinsic)

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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, inhere in the system exhibiting the quality or phenomenon in question. Compare to “Teleology (External, or Extrinsic).”

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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.