Current Status
Teleonomy is closely related to concepts of emergence, complexity theory and self-organizing systems. It has extended beneath biology to be applied in the context of chemistry. Some philosophers of biology resist the term and still employ "teleology" when analyzing biological function and the language used to describe it. while others endorse it.
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