Teleology vs Causality - What's the difference?
teleology | causality |
(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.
The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
As nouns the difference between teleology and causality
is that teleology is the study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences while causality is the agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.teleology
English
(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.