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Extrinsic finality is a principle of the
philosophy of
teleology that holds that a being has a final cause or purpose external to that being itself, in contrast to an
intrinsic finality, or self-contained purpose.One example is the view that
minerals are "designed" to be used by
plants that are in turn "designed" to be used by
animals.
Over-emphasizing extrinsic finality is often criticized as leading to the anthropic attribution of every event to a divine purpose, or superstition. For instance, "If I hadn't been at the store today, I wouldn't have found that $100 on the ground. God must have intended for me to go to the store so I'd find that money." or "We won the game today because of my lucky socks." Such abuses were criticized by
Francis Bacon,
Descartes, and
Spinoza.
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