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| Second Division.—Dialectic The branch of logic that investigates the truth of opinions through the resolution of contradictions. of the Teleological Judgment. | 292 |
| § 69. What is an antinomy A contradiction between two laws or principles that both seem equally logical. of the Judgment? | 292 |
| § 70. Representation of this antinomy. | 293 |
| § 71. Preliminary to the solution of the above antinomy. | 296 |
| § 72. Of the different systems which deal with the purposiveness The quality of appearing to have been designed for a purpose. of Nature. | 298 |
| § 73. None of the above systems give what they pretend. | 302 |
| § 74. The reason that we cannot treat the concept of a Technic The "artistry" or "craft" of nature; how nature seems to work according to a design. of nature dogmatically is the fact that a natural purpose is inexplicable. | 306 |
| § 75. The concept of an objective purposiveness of nature is a critical principle of Reason for the reflective Judgment. | 309 |
| § 76. Remark. | 313 |
| § 77. Of the peculiarity of the human Understanding, by means of which the concept of a natural purpose is possible. | 319 |
| § 78. Of the union of the principle of the universal mechanism of matter with the teleological principle in the Technic of nature. | 326 |
| Appendix.—Methodology of the Teleological Judgment. | 334 |
| § 79. Whether Teleology The study of design or purpose in nature. must be treated as if it belonged to the doctrine of nature. | 334 |
| § 80. Of the necessary subordination of the mechanical to the teleological principle in the explanation of a thing as a natural purpose. | 336 |
| § 81. Of the association of mechanism with the teleological principle in the explanation of a natural purpose as a natural product. | 342 |
| § 82. Of the teleological system in the external relations of organized beings. | 346 |
| § 83. Of the ultimate purpose of nature as a teleological system. | 352 |
| § 84. Of the final purpose of the existence of a world, that is original: "i.e." of creation itself. | 359 |
| § 85. Of Physico-theology Theology based on the evidence of design in the physical world.. | 362 |