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If 'things happen for a reason'

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JLNobody
 
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Reply Thu 16 Apr, 2009 10:42 am
@edgarblythe,
Edgar is right: "I believe purpose to be strictly a human concept".
But let's keep in mind that ALL concepts are human constructions.
JLNobody
 
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Reply Tue 12 May, 2009 01:39 pm
@JLNobody,
Edgar, I do agree that the only "purposes" we experience are human goals. The rest of nature is best described in terms of (mechanical) "causes." Nature is not teleological in the sense of an Agent with goals (not to mention plans).
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