Does Naturalism Make Room for Teleology? The Case of Donald Crosby and Thomas Nagel

Mikael Leidenhag

Does Naturalism Make Room for Teleology? The Case of Donald Crosby and Thomas Nagel

Mikael Leidenhag

School of Natural and Built Environment

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In this paper, I evaluate the teleologies of Donald Crosby and Thomas Nagel. It is argued that Crosby's emergentist teleology suffers from severe philosophical problems. I argue instead in favour of Nagel's fundamental teleology, which carries significant philosophical benefits.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5
Number of pages	19
Journal	American Journal of Theology and Philosophy
Volume	40
Issue number	1
Early online date	01 Jan 2019
Publication status	Published - 15 May 2019

Keywords

Thomas Nagel
Donald Crosby
Teleology
Naturalism
Emergentism

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