"study of final causes," 1740, from Modern Latin teleologia, coined 1728 by German philosopher Baron Christian von Wolff (1679-1754) from Greek teleos "entire, perfect, complete," genitive of telos "end, goal, result" (see tele-), + -logia (see -logy). Related: Teleologist; teleological.
雙語例句
1. By teleology it intended the purposefulness of nature.
所謂目的論,就是指自然界本身具有目的性.
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2. Nowadays, there are three kinds of ethics: deontology, teleology and theory of enlightenment.
目前倫理學有三大類型,即規范(義務)論 、 目的論、教化論.
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3. Even psychologists who applaud his teleology and antireductionist position may not be comfortable with him.
即使贊成他目的論和反簡化論點的心理學家也未必對他心服.
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4. It is the regularity and teleology that is the standard for testifying the rationality of practice.
合規律性和合目的性是檢驗實踐合理性的標準.
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5. She invokes Mayan teleology, saying we are in a dark period before sunrise.