ABSTRACT
This chapter assumes, rather than argue for, teleology in the organic world. It examines the extent to which teleology can also be found in the inorganic world. It is essential to mark the differences between organic and inorganic teleology so as to bring both into relief. It was the mistaken assumption that teleology as found in the organic world was transferable holus-bolus to the world of the non-living, that played such a large part in sparking the anti-teleological revolt. The chapter explains some select phenomena of the inorganic world; one can find teleology there as well. It adds some stones to the foundation upon which organic teleology itself is built, and the ethical theory which reposes on that. One might simply appeal to the fact that the water and rock cycles are systems. The contrast between the two is stark, yet the existence of both militates against a Cartesian-style dichotomizing of the universe.
