Timeline for What does teleology/teleological mean (ie a teleological explanation)?
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| Jul 21, 2023 at 12:08 | comment | added | TimR | @jsw29: The concept originated in ancient medicine and was adopted by ancient metaphysicians. The doctor was speaking to a patient; what the doctor meant depends on how the word is used in modern medical contexts, not how it is used by philosophers ancient or modern. | |
| Jul 20, 2023 at 19:15 | comment | added | jsw29 | @Tim, what the doctor meant is infused with philosophy. | |
| Jul 20, 2023 at 11:17 | comment | added | TimR | @jsw29: Depends on whether OP is asking what his doctor meant in the context of his condition, or asking about philosophy. If the latter, this is the wrong site. | |
| Jul 19, 2023 at 15:00 | comment | added | Tuffy | @ jsw29 I couldn't agree more. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 22:13 | comment | added | jsw29 | The use of teleological that the OP encountered has in its background more than 23 centuries of philosophical theorising (which started with Aristotle's theory about four 'causes'), and cannot be understood without at least some familiarity with it. What the OP needs is a lesson in philosophy that would be well outside the boundaries of this site; his question cannot be dealt with by consulting a dictionary. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 20:59 | comment | added | Tuffy | Point taken, though the Cambridge seems to be sticking to its old fashioned guns. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 18:03 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Shifts in meanings ('semantic drift') have been common in English, and the more serious error is pretending that usage doesn't inform correctness. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 17:39 | history | answered | Tuffy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |