English Dictionary

teleology

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌtiː.liˈɒ.lə.dʒi/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 広義

(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.

日本語の意味

自然現象や存在の目的・設計に関する研究（特に哲学における） / 自然現象にみられる目的や設計そのもの、またはその事例

In the lecture, she argued that teleology can offer valuable insights into why certain biological features exist.

講義で彼女は、自然現象の目的や設計を研究する学問が特定の生物学的特徴が存在する理由について貴重な洞察を提供できると主張した。

意味（1）

(philosophy) The study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences.

意味（2）

(by extension) An instance of such a design or purpose, usually in natural phenomena.

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.

意味（3）

The use of a purpose or design rather than the laws of nature to explain an occurrence.

teleologies （ plural ）