teleology 的定义
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.
更多teleology例句
- 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.