Philosophy Teleological Explanations Question
Answer the three questions throughly
1. Teleological explanations are often deemed problematic to scientists and naturalistic philosophers(p.80). Rosenberg introduces us to a historical objection and a philosophical objection against teleological explanation. What are the historical examples used to illustrate the problem in teleological explanations?
2. At p.86, Rosenberg says “[LE] turns out to have all the methodological infirmities of [L]. … [LE], is just [L] dressed up in new and more scientific -sounding terms”. What are the methodological infirmities Rosenberg is referring to here?
3. Consider the above quote again: “[LE] turns out to have all the methodological infirmities of [L]. … [LE], is just [L] dressed up in new and more scientific -sounding terms”. What are the more scientific-sounding terms in [LE] corresponding to ordinary terms “belief” and “desire”?