Dysteleology

Dysteleology

Dysteleology is the philosophical view that existence has no "telos" or final cause. Western philosophy since Copernicus has been increasingly dysteleological. Unlike traditional philosophical and religious perspectives, modern philosophical naturalism sees existence as having no inherent goal. Philosophical schools that have rejected dysteleology include German idealism (including the philosophies of Hegel and Schelling), Integral theory, and some adherents to the Anthropic principle.

Dysteleology is also the name given to a line of reasoning within the philosophy of religion, which stands in opposition to the Teleological argument. It claims that the discord, pain and evil in the universe suggests that there is no God or creative force behind it, or that, if there is such a force, it is malevolent rather than benevolent.

ee also

*Teleology


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  • Dysteleology — Dys*te le*ol o*gy, n. [Pref. dys + teleology.] (Biol.) The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dysteleology — dysteleological /dis tel ee euh loj i keuhl, tee lee /, adj. dysteleologist, n. /dis tel ee ol euh jee, tee lee /, n. 1. Philos. a doctrine denying the existence of a final cause or purpose. 2. the assumed absence of purpose in life or nature. 3 …   Universalium

  • dysteleology — dys·te·le·ol·o·gy (dis te″le olґə je) 1. the study of apparently useless organs or parts. 2. lack of purposefulness, or of contribution to the final result …   Medical dictionary

  • dysteleology — study of purposeless organs Sciences and Studies …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • dysteleology — dys·teleology …   English syllables

  • dysteleology —  Дистелеология …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • dysteleology — The study of the organs of plants or animals while denying that they are useful …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • dysteleology —   n. denial of a final cause or purpose of life …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • dysteleology — “+ noun Etymology: German dysteleologie, from dys + teleologie teleology 1. : absence of purpose in nature especially as manifested in rudimentary or nonfunctional structures; also : the doctrine of purposelessness in nature compare teleology 2 …   Useful english dictionary

  • dysteleological — dəs, (|)dis+ adjective : of or relating to dysteleology : purposeless * * * dysteleological / i ə lojˈi kl/ adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑dysteleology …   Useful english dictionary

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