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> Mayr, Ernst. 1982 _The Growth of Biological Thought: 
> Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance_  Harvard University 
> Press Cambridge Massachusetts 
 
>" To be for  or against teleology remained a battle cry throughout the nineteenth century
and right up to modern times. Only within the last twenty-five years or so has the
solution become evident. It is now clear that seemingly goal-directed processes exist in
nature and are not in any way in conflict with a strictly physico-chemical explanation.
p. 48.
 
 
 
Mayr is very smart and generally very careful.  Note the "seemingly". 
 
And note the level of the "explanation". 
 
Cheers, 
Alan Isaac 
 
 
 
 
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