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- Title
TELEOLOGY IN COLLEGE BIOLOGY TEXTBOOKS.
- Authors
Oakes, Mervin E.
- Abstract
The article examines the variety of treatment as regards teleology in several textbooks in biology. No effort was made to obtain statistical sampling; nor all of the recently published textbooks. The method of selection is that use by Herrick. Also, no effort was made to read the entire volume. Certain items, such as "adaptation," "evolution," "mimicry," "tropism," "vitalism," and others. One outstanding difference among these text is that some clearly state the inadequacy of teleological explanations; others seem to omit the point altogether.
- Subjects
TELEOLOGY; METAPHYSICAL cosmology; TEXTBOOKS; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY theories; MIMICRY (Biology); TROPISMS; VITALISM
- Publication
Science Education, 1960, Vol 44, Issue 1, p60
- ISSN
0036-8326
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/sce.3730440125