Monism vs Teleology - What's the difference?
monism | teleology |
The doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world.
(philosophy) The study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences.
(by extension) An instance of such a design or purpose, usually in natural phenomena.
* 2011 , Paul A. Rahe,
The use of a non-natural purpose or design to explain an occurrence.
As nouns the difference between monism and teleology
is that monism is the doctrine of the oneness and unity of reality, despite the appearance of diversity in the world while teleology is (philosophy) the study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences.monism
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(wikipedia monism)Noun
See also
* dualism * pluralismteleology
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(wikipedia teleology)Noun
(teleologies)Truths You Cannot Utter:
- In short, what every student of biology knows – that within nature there is a teleology having to do with the survival of the species which underpins the distinction between the two sexes and produces between them a natural affinity for one another – no surgeon who knows what is good for him may now say.