teleologist
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teleologists
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In studying biological phenomena we are all at present in the intellectual position of our imaginary teleologist when studying the marine bay: we do not know the natural causes which have produced the observed results.
From Thoughts on Religion by Charles Gore
For, as Sachs shows, though Hales was necessarily a teleologist in the theological sense, he always asked for purely mechanical explanations.
From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Sir Francis Darwin
Indeed he is a very decided teleologist on lines of his own, and, in physiology, takes sides strongly with 'vitalism' as against pure mechanicism.
From Schopenhauer by Thomas Whittaker
Will the teleologist maintain that this selective process is itself indicative of special design?
From Thoughts on Religion by Charles Gore
It is the mind thus stored with the choicest materials of the teleologist that rejects teleology, seeking to refer these wonders to natural causes.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
This argument is at any rate perfectly valid against Schopenhauer himself; for he holds in common with the optimistic teleologists that 'nature does nothing in vain.'
From Schopenhauer by Thomas Whittaker
Professor Henderson concedes very little to the vitalists or the teleologists.
From The Breath of Life by John Burroughs
So the most puzzling things of all to the old-school teleologists are the principia of the Darwinian.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray
The special teleologists, such as Paley, occupy themselves with the latter only; they refer particular facts to special design, but leave an overwhelming array of the widest facts inexplicable.
From Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism by Asa Gray
The teleologists have long told us that the valves in the veins of the arms and legs assist in the return of blood to the heart against gravitation.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various
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