Etiology vs Teleology - What's the difference?
etiology | teleology |
(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 etiology and teleology
is that etiology is an alternative spelling of lang=en while teleology is the study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences.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.