JOURNAL OF DIALECTICS OF NATURE
A Comprehensive, Academic Journal of the Philosophy, History, Sociology and Cultural Studies of Science and Technology
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SHUANG Xiuhai
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<p>School of Marxism</p><p>Dongguan University of Technology</p><p>shuangxiuhai@126.com</p>
Research Articles
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Evolutionary Biology and Teleology: On the Philosophical Basis about the Thought of “Evolution” Abstract: The relationship between biology and teleology has always been a controversial topic. Darwin considers natural selection as an important cause of evolution. This thought not only excludes theological teleology, but also makes evolutionary lose the philosophical foundation. Although Mayr considers evolutionary biology as the research about ultimate causes which has a close relation with teleology, but Mayr's teleology was biological or mundane, so it cannot provide a deep basis for evolution. Instead, Kant's teleology was transcendental, so it can provides a philosophical basis for evolution. Kant's teleology has its special status and value in evolutionary biology; it therefore shouldn't be overlooked or marginalized.Issue:Volume 40, lssue 5, May 2018Page: 25-32
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Truthmaker Theory, Correspondence Theory and Identity theory of Truth Abstract: Armstrong, the main advocator of truthmaker theory, chose “state of affairs” as the ontological ground for truth, to adhere to factualism rather than thingism, and to adhere to correspondence theory of truth rather than identity theory of truth. However, the dispute between factualism and thingism is entangled without specific contexts, and the difference between the two after combining contexts is not important. What is important is the dispute between correspondence theory and identity theory of truth. Wittgenstein, Russell and Frege are all wavering between the two. Through the analysis and evaluation of relevant theories, we achieve a kind of correspondence theory of truth that includes identity theory of truth, namely “double isomorphic correspondence theory”. On this basis, by distinguishing the inductive truthmaker and deductive truthbearer, a new truthmaker theory, namely the inductive-corresponded truthmaker theory, is proposed. Key Words: Truthmaker theory; Correspondence theory of truth; Identity theory of truth; State of affairs; FactIssue:Volume 48, lssue 2, February 2026Page: 28-36
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