26, notes practical teleology : cf. `^^theoretic teleology$`i @ 24.notes.brec - teleology in its practical use - regarding artificial telicity - validated prospectively by practical reason - prescriptive - justificatory - the justificatory explanation of behaviour by the end it serves : privately note : after ‘teleology’ in the OED - [prescriptive] autoreplicator [replication] - in itself: - telic - a practical reason - an end \ ∵ always an end is (by definition, by the formula) grounded - an end|behaviour justified / this comparison in places feels forced; maybe partly because practice is inherently telic \ Copyright © 2024 Michael Allan.