Teleonomy is the quality of apparent purposefulness and of goal-directedness of structures and functions in living organisms that derive from their evolutionary history, adaptation for reproductive success, or generally, due to the operation of a program. Teleonomy is related to programmatic or computational aspects of purpose.

Teleonomy
teleonomy
Teleonomy
Chemical selection, diversity, teleonomy and the second law of thermodynamics. Reflections on Eigen's theory of self-organization of...
The Role of Teleonomy in Evolution
Learning, Change, and Evolution: An Enquiry into the Teleonomy of Learning
Teleonomy: The Feedback Circuit Involving Information and Thermodynamic Processes
Teleology and teleonomy in behavior analysis
Allocation of new growth between shoot, root and mycorrhiza in relation to carbon, nitrogen and phosphate supply: teleonomy with max...
The Misappropriation of Teleonomy
The Misappropriation of Teleonomy
Ethology and the birth of comparative teleonomy
The game of life implies both teleonomy and teleology