目的论的谱系及其历史意义:从古希腊到康德

The Genealogy of Teleology and Its Historical Meaning:From Ancient Greece to Kant

目的论是西方哲学中的一个核心问题,它与形而上学有着内在亲缘关系,目的论在某种意义上与形而上学是合一的。鉴于国内学界对目的论一度忽略的事实,本文力图对目的论的含义进行具体析分,将目的论的历史概括为三种形态,即古希腊的自然目的论、中世纪的神学目的论和康德的目的论,同时指出三种目的论之间的区别和联系。

Teleology is a key issue in western philosophy,which has the inherent relations with metaphysics in some degree.Cosidering the fact that the teleology is neglected by the domestic academic circles for a time,the thesis strives to analyze the meaning of teleology in detail,and summarizes its history as three patterns,namely,the nature teleology in ancient Greece,the divinity teleology in Middle Ages,and the teleology of Kant.As well as,the thesis points out the differences and the contacts among the three patterns of teleology.