The Emergence Machine

Teleology

abstract · philosophy · Level 8 · E9

E9Cultures

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

teleology emerges from causation. It requires matter.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “teleology” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “teleology”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
τέλος (telos)
Origin language
grc

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L3L2L1L0TeleologyCausationNecessityPossibilityCausality… intermediate l…FormStructureMatterQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesTeleologyL8CausalityL3CausationL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Causality L3 (requires)
    to understand teleology, one must first understand causality
  • Causation L7 (conceptual)
    Teleology is goal-directed causation