Thursday, 10 March 2016

The reality of ultimate teleology is something upon which all biologists ought to agree

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Teleology (purpose) in biology is based on, requires, that reality be coherent, cooperative and complementary. This, in turn, requires that ...
Wednesday, 9 March 2016

On the structure and mechanism of teleology in evolution

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On reflection, I think that teleology must be of the nature of following a blueprint plus instructions - in other words, teleology entail...
Tuesday, 1 March 2016

Imagination as the organ of teleology, and a system of communication

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Since everything is alive (to some, perhaps minimal, degree) - also conscious and cognitive; then everything has imagination and purpose wor...
Thursday, 25 February 2016

A teleological metaphysics for biology: Hierarchical, purposive, conscious, governing entities direct evolutionary processes - pre-print version

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Pre-publication version posted online at The Winnower - where you can register to review it, or comment, before the final version is rev...
Monday, 22 February 2016

Biology must have teleology (goal, purpose, direction) or else there can be no possibility of human knowledge (including the knowledge of biology itself)

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http://charltonteaching.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/biology-without-teleology-excludes.html
Thursday, 18 February 2016

A new metaphysics for biology - second draft of a paper 19 Feb 2016

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  25 February - Pre-print version now online at The Winnower - see: http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/a-teleological...

Ten minutes of honest, focused thought from a knowledgeable and intelligent bioscientist would make him a world expert

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The title says it all. From my experience of some three decades, I am able to state with confidence and without the slightest exaggeration...
Thursday, 28 January 2016

My new book - The Genius Famine - is now published

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Edward Dutton & Bruce G Charlton. The Genius Famine: Why we need geniuses, Why they're dying out, Why we must rescue them . Universi...
Wednesday, 20 January 2016

Tranquillizing drugs are deceptively non-specific - they reduce complaints of problems, impair thinking, but seldom cure

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Tranquillizing drugs are psychiatry's aspirin. They leave patients calm and quiet so they do not feel like complaining. While taking tr...