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countable and uncountable, plural teleologies
(philosophy) The study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences. examples
(by extension) An instance of such a design or purpose, usually in natural phenomena. quotations examples
In short, what every student of biology knows – that within nature there is a teleology having to do with the survival of the species which underpins the distinction between the two sexes and produces between them a natural affinity for one another – no surgeon who knows what is good for him may now say.
2011, Paul A. Rahe, Truths You Cannot Utter
The use of a purpose or design rather than the laws of nature to explain an occurrence. examples