Teleology
31ТЕЛЕОЛОГИЯ — (teleology) 1. (От греческого teleos цель) первоначально концепция, согласно которой все вещи имеют собственные естественные цели (так, камень, подброшенный в воздух, падает на землю). 2. (Позже) конечная цель вещей, доктрина конечной причины ,… …
32Телеология — (teleology), любая теория или оценка, утверждающая, что естественные или социальные явления можно объяснить не только причинами, но и целями, к к рым они направлены. Телеологическое объяснение дается с т.зр. целей, намерений или функций, как,… …
33ТЕЛЕОЛОГИЯ — (TELEOLOGY) Социологические объяснения являются телеологическими тогда, когда социальные процессы (в частности, процессы социального изменения) объясняются посредством ссылки на некое конечное состояние, к которому они якобы направлены, или на… …
34Four causes — Part of a series on Aristotelianism …
35nature, philosophy of — Introduction the discipline that investigates substantive issues regarding the actual features of nature as a reality. The discussion here is divided into two parts: the philosophy of physics and the philosophy of biology. In this… …
36Teleological argument — A teleological or design argument[1][2][3] is an argument for the existence of God. The argument is based on an interpretation of teleology wherein purpose and intelligent design appear to exist in Nature beyond the scope of any such human… …
37Spinoza: the moral and political philosophy — The moral and political philosophy of Spinoza Hans W.Blom Spinoza as a moral and political philosopher was the proponent of a radical and extremely consistent version of seventeenth century Dutch naturalism. As a consequence of the burgeoning… …
38Entrepreneurial mindset — An entrepreneurial mindset is described by a conglomerate of meta physical dispositions, also known as entrepreneurial spirit, meant to cause the innovative and energetic practice to identify or create an opportunity and take action aimed at… …
39Teleonomy — is the quality of apparent purposefulness and of goal directedness of structures and functions in living organisms that derive from their evolutionary history and adaptation for reproductive success. The term was coined to stand in contrast with… …
40Kant: Critique of Judgement — Patrick Gardiner Kant’s third Critique, the Critique of Judgement, was published in 1790 and was intended as he himself put it to bring his “entire critical undertaking to a close.” So conceived, it was certainly in part designed to build upon… …
