Telos (philosophy)

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A telos (from the Greek τέλος for "end", "purpose", or "goal") is an end or purpose, in a fairly constrained sense used by philosophers such as Philosophy of action also makes essential use of teleological vocabulary: on Davidson's account, an action is just something an agent does with an intention--that is, looking forward to some end to be achieved by the action.

In contrast to telos, techne is the rational method involved in producing an object or accomplishing a goal or objective; however, the two methods are not mutually exclusive in principle.

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Teleological Notions in Biology Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Narrative Telos: The Ordering Tendencies of Chance by Victoria N. Alexander

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Telos (philosophy)