teleological 的定义
Philosophy.
- of or relating to teleology, the philosophical doctrine that final causes, design, and purpose exist in nature.
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- Finally, Obama weighed in with his teleological view of the historical process, revealing a rather optimistic and Whiggish view.
- In the face of such teleological heft, there is often little to do but grab your board and head for the beach.
- The pointy undergarment reached its teleological conclusion in 1990, when Gaultier designed the rocket cone bra for Madonna.
- Many, perhaps, will see an additional cause in teleological considerations, aiming at the avoidance of in-and-in breeding.
- The character of the entire point of view is personal, human, teleological, ethical.
- It remains then that the cause of the teleological life of the sublunar world is an immaterial power, a separate intellect.
- It is this teleological unfolding of activity that constitutes any object or phenomenon an "animate" fact.
- Yet in spite of all this Philo uses quite an elaborate teleological argument drawn from the order in the world.