teleology
/tel-ee-ol-uh-jee, tee-lee-/US // ˌtɛl iˈɒl ə dʒi, ˌti li- //UK // (ˌtɛlɪˈɒlədʒɪ, ˌtiːlɪ-) //
目的论,心理学
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Philosophy.
- : the doctrine that final causes exist.
- : the study of the evidences of design or purpose in nature.
- : such design or purpose.
- : the belief that purpose and design are a part of or are apparent in nature.
- : the doctrine that phenomena are guided not only by mechanical forces but that they also move toward certain goals of self-realization.
Examples
In the times of the ancients the preponderance of opinion was in favour of teleology, though impugners were not wanting.
Such orderly evolution harmonizes with a teleology derived, not indeed from external nature directly, but from the mind of man.
Neither mechanism nor teleology can give an absolute answer to ultimate questions.
And there is a sort of teleology in Hegel evidently inspired by his religious education.
Mechanism and teleology do not exclude one another, they are rather in mutual agreement.
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