True and False Teleology

Abstract

DR. WADDINGTON'S criticisms seem to be two. In the first place, I am taken to task for the unwarrantable use of teleological expressions, particularly in the specific case of my paraphrase of his own discussion of sex separation. Inasmuch, however, as the discussion was originally Waddington's and not mine, I can scarcely be called to account for its nature, whether teleological or otherwise. In any event, the point is trivial, as I feel confident that Darlington and Waddington would agree with me in regarding adaptation as the outcome of selection and in denying that it was purposeful, whether the discussion concerned genetical or morphological questions.