How A Single Metaphor Transformed Biology

One of the oldest debates in biology is whether we can use teleological language like: ’goals,’ ’purposes,’ ’functions,’ ’wanting’ etc. in a scientific way. Descartes’ machine metaphor combined with natural selection seems to render it near-useless, but what if we took it seriously again? Twitter: Instagram: Website (and mailing list): SOURCES FURTHER READING: Created by Jake Brown (with help on the script from Haotian Huang, Alexandria Un and Allister Small) #vitalism #descartes #aristotle