This "cosmic line" was provided by natural aesthetics and the progressionistteleologyof evolution.From theCambridge English Corpus
Any attempt to conceal states within the laws would introduce an element ofteleologyinto physics, which is considered anathema by most scientists.From theCambridge English Corpus
This could, again, be backed by various arguments, including some relying on theteleologyof human nature.From theCambridge English Corpus
That insistence stems from the more fundamental aim of the revisionists to resist the anachronisingteleologythat often accompanies ' grand theory ' explanations of the past.From theCambridge English Corpus
The same significance is carried over in calling modernity late but now even more problematically, since thatteleologyand predicted demise seem even more unlikely.From theCambridge English Corpus
The chapter on development has a philosophical introduction that includes material on determinism, probabilism andteleology.From theCambridge English Corpus
Without this step, there remains an element ofteleology, or predestination, in the way that chemistry ' discovers ' life with unusual efficiency.From theCambridge English Corpus
The first phase of the next stage is to explore certain potential tensions with the workings of artificialteleology.From theCambridge English Corpus
There is noteleologyabout organisms: they simply exist, and their purpose in life is to go on existing.From theCambridge English Corpus
In part, this is because whiggish teleologies presume rights are immortal and so cannot appear at any specific point in time.From theCambridge English Corpus
Interpretation risks falling victim toteleologyif too much attention is paid to long-term trends.From theCambridge English Corpus
A certainteleologyis present and there is much reading back into the past.From theCambridge English Corpus
The debate was most commonly interpreted as being betweenteleology(function) and morphology (structure, or the relationship of parts to whole).From theCambridge English Corpus
This bold revisionist backlash against the confident teleologies and polarities embedded in older models of 'modernization ' now represents something approaching the current historical consensus.From theCambridge English Corpus
It conjures up hated notions of subjectivity,teleology, and wishy-washy folk psychology.From theCambridge English Corpus
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