TELEOLOGIES

Noun

teleologies

plural of teleology

Source: Wiktionary

TELEOLOGY

Te`le*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. teleos, the end or issue + -logy: cf. F. téléologie.]

Definition: The doctrine of the final causes of things; specif. (Biol.),

Definition: the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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