Alan,
Thanks for the clarification. I never heard that definition of teleological
before. So, basically then, teleological means that there is a learning
feedback loop (more generally, a negative feedback loop in a self-regulating
system). I was under the impression that teleological meant that the
processes of change (or development) in a system move toward an inherently
pre-determined outcome.
Bill Haller
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