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End, telos, or goal
{ 1 } - is not implied in a homeostatic system.
{ 2 } - is what vital organs and processes are tending towards as means.
{ 3 } - is implied by a mechanistic theory of health and disease.
{ 4 } - does not define the nature of a thing.
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End, telos, or goal
{ 1 } - is not implied in a homeostatic system.
{ 2 } - is what vital organs and processes are tending towards as means.
{ 3 } - is implied by a mechanistic theory of health and disease.
{ 4 } - does not define the nature of a thing.
A homeostatic system tends toward the goal of optimal functioning.
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End, telos, or goal
{ 1 } - is not implied in a homeostatic system.
{ 2 } - is what vital organs and processes are tending towards as means.
{ 3 } - is implied by a mechanistic theory of health and disease.
{ 4 } - does not define the nature of a thing.
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End, telos, or goal
{ 1 } - is not implied in a homeostatic system.
{ 2 } - is what vital organs and processes are tending towards as means.
{ 3 } - is implied by a mechanistic theory of health and disease.
{ 4 } - does not define the nature of a thing.
A mechanistic theory takes no account of goal but reduces the reality of the organism to a collection of parts.
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End, telos, or goal
{ 1 } - is not implied in a homeostatic system.
{ 2 } - is what vital organs and processes are tending towards as means.
{ 3 } - is implied by a mechanistic theory of health and disease.
{ 4 } - does not define the nature of a thing.
See p. 28. "The nature of a thing is its goal directed tendency."
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