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Plato and Aristotle both argued that nature is teleological, a term that comes from the Greek telos— Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
He claimed three arguments: cosmological, teleological, and moral.— Planet Atheism
All natural functional biological complexity arose through the mechanism of non-teleological heritable variation and natural selection.— Evolution News & Views
From documenting our propensity to believe in teleological (purpose-based) explanations for natural phenomena to the widely held belief that humans possess a soul, a myriad of psychological studies - conducted both here at Yale and at peer universities - now suggest that our brains may be hard-wired to believe in religion.— Yale Daily News: Latest Issue

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