Associations to the word «Teleology»
Noun
Wiktionary
TELEOLOGY, noun. (philosophy) The study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences.
TELEOLOGY, noun. (by extension) An instance of such a design or purpose, usually in natural phenomena.
TELEOLOGY, noun. The use of a purpose or design rather than the laws of nature to explain an occurrence.
Dictionary definition
TELEOLOGY, noun. (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes.
Wise words
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there
is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to
take away.