Is there teleology in biology?

Is there teleology in biology?

We will discuss this question and others from our recent readings, listed below.

If it's your first time, don't feel obligated to have read in advance. Instead, let us know what you have been reading and found interesting.

All are welcome, if philosophically inclined. (Radical skeptics and pugilists excluded. You know who you are!)

Della Rocca (2008) Spinoza
https://philpapers.org/rec/ROCS-2

Steup, Turri, and Sosa (2013) Contemporary Debates in Epistemology
https://philpapers.org/rec/STECDI-11

Gray, Smith (1991) J. S. Mill's on Liberty in Focus
https://philpapers.org/rec/GRAJMO

Stalnaker, Robert (2003) Ways a World Might Be
https://philpapers.org/rec/ST-2

Vintiadis, Elly (2018) Brute Facts
https://philpapers.org/rec/VINBF-2