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teleology::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory |
| Derivation | teleological, teleologist |
Examples of teleology
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Teleology figures centrally in Aristotle's biology and in his theory of causes.
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Usually, it is possible to rewrite such sentences to avoid the apparent teleology.
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A strong teleology, or drive towards a climax, has been detected in the poem.
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It sounds to me like they believe that all teleology really is imposed from outside.
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Various concepts of teleology originated in ancient philosophy and theology.
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The universe itself-from the atoms to the quasars-bears no intrinsic teleology or purpose.
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Darwin's theory had as one of its results the reformation and rehabilitation of teleology.
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Arbitrary actions are closely related to teleology, the study of purpose.
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They read an article about promiscuous teleology and then respond with promiscuous teleology.
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- (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes
- (teleological) of or relating to teleology
- Teleology (from Greek telos, meaning end or purpose) is the philosophical study of nature by attempting to describe things in terms of their apparent purpose, directive principle, or goal. A purpose that is imposed by a human use, such as that of a fork, is called extrinsic...
- The study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences; An instance of such a design or purpose, usually in natural phenomena; The use of a non-natural purpose or design to explain an occurrence
- (TELEOLOGICAL) pertaining to a goal, aim, or purpose; teleological ethics emphasizes and makes decisions in terms of the proper goal of man or the kingdom of God as man's highest good, etc. (cf. "consequential perspective")
- (Teleological) A system of morality in which the proper choice among two or more options is based on their practical consequences. Whichever choice has the best (or least worse) outcome is the moral decision. Antonym is deontological.
- (Teleological) Actions are judged as ethical or unethical based on their results.
- (Teleological) Post-Skinnerian, purposive, close to microeconomics.
- (Teleological) Refers to purposive goal-directed behaviour or explanation. The "hard" ST prediction that religion will continue to decline in the future has been called teleological, although it arguably is not really so as there is emphatically no purpose involved in such social changes - it is ...
