Teleology

Teleology is a proposal which must be supported; in the absence of support, it fails without anyone presenting evidence against it.

An Ode to ID 2009

Teleology is consistent with both transformism and fixism.

At What Level did this Evolve? 2009

Teleology is like a mistress to a biologist: he cannot live without her but he's unwilling to be seen with her in public.

C.S. Lewis on Evolutionism (the Myth) 2009

289 The word Teleology is also, but inconveniently and improperly, employed by some writers as a name for the attempt to explain the phenomena of the universe from final causes.

A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839

Teleology is usually crap, but not when we’re dealing with a product of human design.

Matthew Yglesias » Gold Farming 2007

For that matter, without Teleology, which is Theistic, what becomes of the Aristotelian notions of essence and potentiality?

Well Behaved Women don’t get health care reform « Knitting Clio 2009

Nevertheless it is necessary to remember that there is a wider Teleology, which is not touched by the doctrine of Evolution, but is actually based upon the fundamental proposition of Evolution.

Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

Every art is thus a joint result of laws of nature disclosed by science, and of the general principles of what has been called Teleology, or the Doctrine of

A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839

'Teleology' is derived from the Greek word telos, which means 'end.

Vanguard alexsamade 2010

'Teleology' is derived from the Greek word telos, which means 'end.

Vanguard alexsamade 2010