teleological
adjective
of or relating to teleology, the philosophical doctrine that final causes, design, and purpose exist in nature.
teleologically
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a word derived from
teleological.
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a word derived from
teleology.
teleologynounthe doctrine that final causes exist.
Example Sentences
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They do not, and Mr. Schiller only justifies his statement by converting the Darwinian position, which is teleologically negative, into an affirmative.
From A Grammar of Freethought by Chapman Cohen
It is a special phase of mentality, teleologically evolved for adaptation to our natural environment, and forms only what he calls a "privileged case" of personality.
From Memories and Studies by Henry James
It is the unity characteristic of all teleologically related facts.
From The Principles of Aesthetics by Dewitt H. Parker
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
To see intelligent design in the universe is to view the universe teleologically.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace
