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We found that a system with one set of determinants may very likely have other sets of a quite different kind, that, for example, a mechanically determined system may also be teleologically or volitionally determined.

From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Russell, Bertrand

Science itself now bids us regard the Universe as a dynamical Unity, teleologically conceived, because in a process of evolution under the control of immanent ideas.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

Thus, it will be noticed, from the ingenious and subtle, but quite defensible suggestion of Mr. Babbage, a leap is made to an assumption which cannot be defended scientifically, but only teleologically.

From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John

Yet will-attitudes and will-acts can also be brought into necessary connection; that is, we can conceive will-acts as teleologically identical with each other and exempt from the freedom of the individual.

From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various

Is this irrational, or can it be shown to be teleologically justifiable?

From Problems of Conduct by Drake, Durant