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Single Idea 2905
[filed under theme 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / c. Purpose denied
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Full Idea
We invented the concept 'purpose': in reality purpose is lacking.
Gist of Idea
'Purpose' is just a human fiction
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 5.8)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.54
The
14 ideas
with the same theme
[no aspect of nature contains genuine purpose]:
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5990
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Theophrastus doubted whether nature could be explained teleologically
[Theophrastus, by Gottschalk]
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5878
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Eyes could be used for a natural purpose, or for unnatural seeing, or for a non-seeing activity
[Aristotle]
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12044
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Only Epicurus denied purpose in nature, for the whole world, or for its parts
[Epicurus, by Annas]
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12125
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Teleological accounts are fine in metaphysics, but they stop us from searching for the causes
[Bacon]
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12730
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We will not try to understand natural or divine ends, or final causes
[Descartes]
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1588
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For Spinoza eyes don't act for purposes, but follow mechanical necessity
[Roochnik on Spinoza]
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1587
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Spinoza strongly attacked teleology, which is the lifeblood of classical logos
[Roochnik on Spinoza]
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12731
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Final causes are figments of human imagination
[Spinoza]
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7648
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The sun and rain weren't made for us; they sometimes burn us, or spoil our seeds
[La Mettrie]
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7195
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If the world aimed at an end, it would have reached it by now
[Nietzsche]
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2905
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'Purpose' is just a human fiction
[Nietzsche]
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5308
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The only human purpose is that created by our genetic history
[Wilson,EO]
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3504
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Chemistry entirely explains plant behaviour
[Searle]
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5501
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People are trying to explain biological teleology in naturalistic causal terms
[Lycan]
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