“The paradox Kant had linked to teleology (or to internal purposive forms or natural purposes) is related to the fact that a purposive system has to move or develop towards a purpose before that purpose is present, apparently even before a purpose can be conceived of. A genuine purposive system does not only possess a representation of the purpose towards which it is moving, but it also has to construct that representation itself.”

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Gertrudis Vijver - New Perspectives on Cybernetics - Self-Organization, Autonomy and Connectionism

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-015-8062-5