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Teleology: Teleology is the philosophical concept that suggests natural phenomena and processes have inherent purposes or goals, often implying a design guiding them towards a specific end. See also Goals, Purposes, Aristotle.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Hans-Georg Gadamer on Teleology - Dictionary of Arguments

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Teleology/History/Gadamer: A (...) teleology [of history] is not evident from the philosophical concept. It does not make world history an a priori system in which the actors are set as if in a mechanism that controls them unconsciously.
Cf. >Universal History/Ranke
, >History/Historism.
It is rather compatible with the freedom of action. Ranke can almost say that the constructive elements of the historical
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context, are scenes of freedom(1). This turn of phrase means that in the infinite web of events there are certain prominent appearances in which the historical decisions are concentrated, as it were. It is true that decisions are made everywhere where people act out of freedom, but that something is really decided with such a decision, that is to say that a decision makes history and only reveals its full and lasting significance in its effect, is the distinction of truly historical moments. They give the historical context its articulation. We call such moments in which free action becomes historically decisive, epoch-making moments or even crises, and the individuals whose actions become so decisive can be called "world-historical individuals" with Hegel. Ranke says for this "original minds who independently intervene in the struggle of ideas and world powers, bringing together the most powerful of these on which the future is based".
Gadamer: This is mind from the mind of Hegel.
>Force/Hegel.

1. Ranke, Weltgeschichte IX, S. XIV.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Gadamer I
Hans-Georg Gadamer
Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010

Gadamer II
H. G. Gadamer
The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986
German Edition:
Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977


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