aelephant comments on Final cause is epistemologically primary, but efficient cause is metaphysically primary - Less Wrong
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Why does evolution want to maximize genetic fitness? Can evolution "want" anything?
"Final causes" just seem like rationalizations to me. I'm not sure I understand why you won't "go on to say that final cause, freewill, experience, and so on are illusory and 'all that exists is efficient cause'".