The qualitative criticism of circulatory models via bipartite teleological analysis

摘要

This research presents a dual-perspective, or bipartite view of teleology (i.e. purpose) and uses it to criticize qualitative models of cardiovascular systems in a manner that highlights the relationships between circulatory topology, behavior, and function. The Bipartite Teleology Model (BTM) attributes ‘purposefulness’ to both steady-state and regulatory behavior, thereby providing a splitlevel bias for evaluating teleological fulfillment in circulatory systems. The Biology Critic (BIOTIC) incorporates BTM to automatically generate circulatory critiques similar to those published by physiologists. In general, this work contributes an operational model of bipartite teleology to qualitative physics, while clarifying the teleological and environmental context necessary to extend qualitative physics into biology.