----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- > 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 ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]