Fighting the good cause: meaning, purpose, difference, and choice
作者： David Haig
DOI: 10.1007/S10539-014-9432-4
关键词: Philosophy 、 Teleology 、 Interpretation (philosophy) 、 Form of the Good 、 Meaning (existential) 、 Commodity 、 Philosophy of biology 、 Interpreter 、 Selection (linguistics) 、 Epistemology 、 History and philosophy of science 、 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
摘要: Concepts of cause, choice, and information are closely related. A cause is a choice that can be held responsible. It difference makes difference. Information about past causes their effects valuable commodity because it used to guide future choices. criteria generated by choosing subset from an ensemble for ‘reasons’ has meaning interpreter when achieve end. Natural selection evolves interpreters with ends. Surviving genes embody textual record choices had favorable outcomes. Consultation these archives guides current Purposive well-informed making.
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