The study of explanation, while related to intuitive theories, concepts, and mental models,
offers important new perspectives on high-level thought. Explanations sort themselves into …

A fundamental aspect of adult thought is the 'teleological'tendency to assume that objects
exist for a purpose. When seeing an unfamiliar artifact or strange anatomical part on an …

A groundbreaking study into the formative role of play in our lives Sergio and Vivien Pellis
have synthesized three decades of empirical research to create a remarkable work …

Teleological explanations account for objects and events by reference to a functional
consequence or purpose. Although they are popular in religion, they are unpopular in …

Any serious student attempting to better understand the nature, methods, and justification of
science will value Alex Rosenberg and Lee McIntyre's updated and substantially revised …

Drawing on insights from causal theories of reference, teleosemantics, and state space
semantics, a theory of naturalized mental representation. In A Mark of the Mental, Karen …

Is the history of life a series of accidents or a drama scripted by selfish genes? Is there an"
essential" human nature, determined at birth or in a distant evolutionary past? What should …

This paper proposes a basic revision of the understanding of teleology in biological
sciences. Since Kant, it has become customary to view purposiveness in organisms as a …

Is it true that the universe evolves through an ever-expanding series of levels from quantum
states to consciousness? Philip Clayton introduces the non-expert to emergence theory, one …

Nietzsche wrote in a scientific culture transformed by Darwin. He read extensively in German
and British Darwinists, and his own works dealt often with such obvious Darwinian themes …