Simplification is the essence and aim of speculative teleology.

Evidence

The ‘final cause’ of an occurrence is an event in the future for the sake of which the occurrence takes place. … The answer to the former question is a teleological explanation, or an explanation by final causes; the answer to the latter question is a mechanistic explanation. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 362 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

Hegel puts into perspective two temporal modes: teleology, corresponding to the Greek form of ‘to see (what is) coming’, and alienation, corresponding to the modern form of ‘to see (what is) coming’. The arrangement of these two times determines the future of those creatures who no longer have time ahead of themselves, who live out a teleology which is shattered because already accomplished. Such a future is both beautiful and terrible. Beautiful because everything can still happen. Terrible, because everything has already happened. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1279 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Simplification makes determinations both more and less universal, mourning what it suppresses — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1058; Teleological explanations appeal to future purpose while mechanistic explanations trace earlier causes. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 362; Modernity’s future is a teleology already accomplished, at once open and closed — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1279 (+2 more)

Related

• Modernity’s future is a teleology already accomplished, at once open and closed (similarity 0.82)
• Teleological explanations appeal to future purpose while mechanistic explanations trace earlier causes. (similarity 0.82)
• Speculative teleology aims at self-simplification and acceleration (similarity 0.82)
• Modern creatures live out an already-accomplished teleology whose future is simultaneously open and closed (similarity 0.80)
• Speculative simplification reduces the very faculties it originally made possible (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Teleological explanations appeal to future purpose while mechanistic explanations trace earlier causes. #qualifies (0.80) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 362
• Modernity’s future is a teleology already accomplished, at once open and closed #corroborates (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1279