0 (in philosophy) involving the belief that everything has a purpose or use:
a teleological argument
Of course, the argument is highly teleological and incapable of scientific proof.
The European Court's method of interpreting Community legal texts is primarily teleological, that is to say the interpretation of a provision on the basis of its object and purpose.
In ethics, teleological theories such as utilitarianism claim that actions should be judged by the goodness or badness of their consequences.
Their connection was purely mechanical, rather than teleological.
Though both egalitarian and teleological interpretations of his argument seem initially plausible, both have problems.
The metaphor of the vanishing point could be applied to all teleological works.
In this sense attachment is a skill, one which is acquired in relation to a specific caregiver encoded into a teleological model of behavior.
Avoiding essentialist and teleological assumptions, we attune to a contingent interplay of aspirations and provisional outcomes that could yield a dynamic not under anyone's control.
