Episode 35: Physics and Relationalism: An Interview with Julian Barbour
The Theory of Anything
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Invoking Teleology in Evolution Is Not Enough
In evolution, it's not like i can easily talk about a heart having a purpose is to pump blood because of its evolutionary setting. Invoking a sort of tele ogy in evolution, at least in a certain way, is considered acceptable as long as it's consistent with neodardarwinian evolution. What would be the equivalent for physics though? Like, we've got this complexity increasing over time. Where does the complexity come from? Is there something equivalent to evolution that allows us to invoke teleology without violating anything or is this just a mystery at this point?
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