Evolution is not a teleological process, because there is no room in the definition of evolution for the end-purpose of the process. If there were, then we wou

Evolution is not a teleological process, because there is no room in the definition of evolution for the end-purpose of the process. If there were, then we would define what the end-goal (or purpose) of evolution was. If you want to take the same mechanics as evolution (stochastic mutation and survivable gene propagation) and assign a purpose or end-goal to the sum of all instances of evolutionary function, then you have to name that purpose, and back it up to make it a teleological process. Of course then, I would argue you are not talking about evolution; but rather stochastic mutation, survivable gene propagation, both "together" aiming for some final purpose.