@Outsideness @ja_wentworth is teleology anything more than modal necessity?
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Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@schakalsynthetc@ja_wentworth How would modal necessity deliver final causality? It seems too non-specific to do the work.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@ja_wentworth that's the point, kind of. telos implies a universe set up such that only one final state is possible1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@Outsideness@ja_wentworth which ours may or may not actually be - but from a modal realist pov that question's just indexical1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@Outsideness@ja_wentworth it's of the same type as asking "what timezone am I in?" - *important to know* but not *significant per se*2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@Outsideness@ja_wentworth anyway whether or not any causal finality is actually forthcoming strikes me as, ah ... v much an open question1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@schakalsynthetc@ja_wentworth If you accept (local) counter-entropic processes, your foot is surely already in the door.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@ja_wentworth ah, my remarks were more on the topic of whether or not the possibility of teleology is embarrassing1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@Outsideness@ja_wentworth ie, answering "not really, here's why"1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @schakalsynthetc
@Outsideness@ja_wentworth or, no more or less embarrassing than finding you're in a different tz than you thought when you woke up that am1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@schakalsynthetc @ja_wentworth OK, got you.
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