Auguste Nahas
Biographic Data
| ID | 5993427 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Auguste Nahas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Auguste |
| FAMILY NAME | Nahas |
| SIGNATURE | NAHAS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0343-3405 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation
Teleological explanations are those that explain a phenomenon in virtue of a consequence it brings about. This has long been challenged on the grounds that it invokes backward causation. The classic resolution to this is to show that these consequences explain as causes which occurred in the past. An alternative characterizes teleology as a form of non-causal explanation. Against the widespread assumption that teleological explanations are univoc…
What’s at stake in the debate over naturalizing teleology? An overlooked metatheoretical debate
Teleology and the organism
Teleology and the organism
What’s at stake in the debate over naturalizing teleology? An overlooked metatheoretical debate
The Case for Pluralism About Teleological Explanation
Teleological explanations are those that explain a phenomenon in virtue of a consequence it brings about. This has long been challenged on the grounds that it invokes backward causation. The classic resolution to this is to show that these consequences explain as causes which occurred in the past. An alternative characterizes teleology as a form of non-causal explanation. Against the widespread assumption that teleological explanations are univoc…
Teleology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Embodied and Extended Cognition (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Naturalism (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (2 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (2 works) · Philosophy of science (2 works) · Biology (1 work)