"The scientific world picture does not include … things that have not been constructed, that are not understood as artefacts … Instead of the final cause one starts to speak about purpose, which nature itself does not have. Only humans can set aims and achieve them by their activities if they know the laws of nature and set up various processes based on them and organise them purposively."
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Rein Vihalemm
Rein Vihalemm (December 9, 1938 - July 18, 2015) was an Estonian chemist and philosopher of science, known for his reception of the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn.
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