> saying foxes are "meant" to hunt hares, or predators are "meant" to hunt prey, can just be a compact way of describing their long, mutual historical co-evolut

> saying foxes are "meant" to hunt hares, or predators are "meant" to hunt prey, can just be a compact way of describing their long, mutual historical co-evolution. Certainly, if you remove all prey from an environment, the foxes would die. What could be more meaningful (to the fox) than survival? This approach uses 'meaning' / 'meant' in two very different ways: 1) the process of co-evolution over time 2) a fox's concern for its own existence Overloading like this doesn't add clarity, in my opinion, especially when the term 'meant' implies to most people some sort of intent-driven process.