Editing Teleonomy (section)

==Current status==
Teleonomy is closely related to concepts of [[emergence]], [[Complex systems|complexity theory]],<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/BF00128784 |author=Christensen, W.D. |s2cid=170263111 |title=A complex systems theory of teleology |journal=Biology and Philosophy |volume=11 |pages=301–320 |date=1996 |issue=3}}</ref> and [[self-organizing systems]].<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/0301-4622(87)80031-5 |author=Lifson S |title=Chemical selection, diversity, teleonomy and the second law of thermodynamics. Reflections on Eigen's theory of self-organization of matter |journal=Biophys. Chem. |volume=26 |issue=2–3 |pages=303–11 |date=May 1987 |pmid=3607231 }}</ref> It has extended beneath biology to be applied in the context of chemistry.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Pross, Addy |s2cid=27531516 |title=On the Chemical Nature and Origin of Teleonomy |journal=Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres |volume=35 |issue=4 |date=August 2005 |doi=10.1007/s11084-005-2045-9 |pmid=16228650 |pages=383–394|bibcode=2005OLEB...35..383P }}</ref><ref>''ibid''. [https://science24.com/paper/8221 On the Chemical Nature of Purpose (Teleonomy)], Journal of 18th Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry</ref> Some philosophers of biology resist the term and still employ "teleology" when analyzing biological function<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1080/00048409112344881 |author=Neander, K. |title=The Teleological Notion of 'Function' |journal=Australasian Journal of Philosophy |volume=69 |issue=4 |pages=454–468 |date=1991 }}</ref> and the language used to describe it,<ref>{{cite book |author=Nissen, Lowell |title=Teleological Language in the Life Sciences |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |date=1997 |isbn=0-8476-8694-9 }}</ref> while others endorse it.<ref>Kober, G. [http://www.ishpssb.org/ocs/viewabstract.php?id=161 "Teleology's New Clothes: Teleonomy and the Notion of Program"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713144745/http://www.ishpssb.org/ocs/viewabstract.php?id=161 |date=2007-07-13 }}, ''International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology'' (Feb 14, 2005)</ref>