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
Just so a thorough-going interpretation of the world in terms of mechanical sequence is compatible with its being interpreted teleologically, for the mechanism itself may be designed.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James
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 John Fiske
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
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 Bertrand Russell
