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teleological, a.|tɛliːəˈlɒdʒɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -ical.]
Of, pertaining to, or involving teleology; relating to ends or final causes; dealing with design or purpose, esp. in natural phenomena. teleological ethics (see quot. 1967).
1798A. F. M. Willich Elem. Critical Philos. ii. 112 (heading) Analysis of the teleological faculty of judging. 1809–10Coleridge Friend (1818) III. 180 A teleological ground in physics and physiology. 1847Buch tr. Hagenbach's Hist. Doctr. I. 96 What is commonly called the physico-theological, or teleological proof—i.e. they infer the existence of a Creator from the works of creation. 1875Sir W. Turner in Encycl. Brit. I. 799/1 The special anatomy of an animal may be studied..(c) with reference to the function, use, or purpose performed by a part or structure.., termed Teleological or Physiological Anatomy. 1907J. R. Illingworth Doctr. Trin. xii. 248 The great teleological question..what is the end of man? what is the true purpose of life's voyage? 1930C. D. Broad Five Types of Ethical Theory vi. 206, I would first divide ethical theories into two classes, which I will call respectively deontological and teleological. 1966F. Copleston Hist. Philos. VIII. ii. 34 Any form of teleological ethics which interprets the moral imperative as..an assertoric hypothetical imperative. 1967Encycl. Philos. VIII. 88/1 Teleological ethics..is the subordination of the concept of duty, right conduct, or moral obligation to the concept of the good or the humanly desirable. 1973S. F. Cohen Bukharin vii. 228 Rykov..a perennial foe of grandiose economic projects and teleological planning.
Hence teleoˈlogically adv., in a teleological manner; in relation to teleology.
1842De Quincey in Blackw. Mag. LII. 730/2 Teleologically, that is, considered as means to an end—diamonds have as undeniably a value in use as any other article. 1907J. R. Illingworth Doctr. Trin. ix. 176 The context of a rational and teleologically ordered world. |