Dysteleology

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Dysteleology is the philosophical view that existence has no telos - no final cause from purposeful design as opposed to teleology.

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Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) invented and popularized the term dysteleology [1] (German : Dysteleologie [2] ).

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  1. ↑ Romanes, George J. (1874-03-12). "Natural Selection and Dysteleology". Nature. 9 (228): 361–2. doi:10.1038/009361a0. 'Prof. Haeckel has invented a new and convenient name, "Dysteleology," for the study of the "purposelessnesses" which are observable in living organisms—such as the multitudinous cases of rudimentary and apparently useless structures.'
  2. ↑ Haeckel, Ernst. Allgemeine Entwickelungsgeschichte der Organismen: Kritische Grundzüge der mechanischen Wissenschaft von den entstehenden Formen der Organismen (Ernst Haeckel: Generelle Morphologie der Organismen) De Gruyter, Reprint 2019 edition (1 Jan. 1866).
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