Teleological-Purposeful Formal Agent

EVQ ID: EQ31918720

Definition: The living unit in the “Evolutio Unfolding Theory” developed by Agustín Ostachuk (2020) which carries out and drives the evolutionary process.

Key Distinction: Agent that actively and purposefully drives development toward realized potential. Opposed to random and stochastic processes, and passively deterministic mechanical processes.

Aliases: Teleological Formal Agents, Purposeful Formal Agents, Formal Agents

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Author: Agustin Ostachuk
Publication Date: April 28, 2020
First Published In:
https://cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/851
External Links:
https://philpapers.org/rec/OSTATO https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341215064_A_Theory_of_Evolution_as_a_Process_of_Unfolding
Derived Works:
https://philpapers.org/rec/OSTTEU
Keywords: teleological-purposeful formal agents, morphogenetic fields, virtual preformation, ideological matrix, evolutio unfolding theory
Field of Work: Evolutionary Biology, Theoretical Biology, BioTheory, Philosophy of Biology, BioPhilosophy, Philosophy of Science, Developmental Biology
Parent Concepts: [none]
Related Concepts:
Evolutio Unfolding Theory Ideological Matrix

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