teleology
n. 目的论
例句
What room does teleology leave for freedom?
目的论给自由留下了空间吗?
That order was known from Nature and its teleology.
这个秩序是从自然中和它的目的论中所发现的。
If there is one common thread to much of Aristotle's work it lies in his conception of teleology, or purpose.
如果亚里斯·多德的著作中有一个共同的主轴的话,即是在于他的目的论这个概念。