teleology – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
teleology
n.
study of final causes
Teleology
Teleology is a reason or explanation for something in function of its end, purpose, or goal. For example, a teleological explanation of why forks have prongs is that this design helps humans eat certain foods; skewering food to allow humans to eat is what forks are for. It is derived from two Greek words: telos (end, goal, purpose) and logos (reason, explanation).
teleology
Noun
1. (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes
(hypernym) philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
(classification) philosophy
Teleology
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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