Teleology

[,teli'ɒlәdʒi]

解释:

(noun.) (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes.

达伦编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The doctrine of the final causes of things

(n.) the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.

编辑:塔比瑟

解释:

n. the doctrine of the final causes of things.—adjs. Teleolog′ic -al.—adv. Teleolog′ically.—ns. Teleol′ogism; Teleol′ogist.

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