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Apobetics

is the teleological aspect, the question of the purpose; derived from the Greek apobeinon = result, success, conclusion.

Apobetics was coined by Werner Gitt to describe the fifth and highest level of his information heirarchy.

Werner Gitt, Information und Entropie als Bindeglieder diverser Wissenschaftszweige PTB-Mitt. 91 (1981), pp, 1-17

See also

• Werner Gitt's Information Theorems