teleology
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 7:58 pm
From Wikipedia, it is the position that there is design, purpose, directive principle, or finality in the works and processes of nature, and the philosophical study of that purpose. Another definition in Principia cybernetica. Dysteleology would be the antonym.
I have been reading about systems theory and the word appears in some of the approaches used in the topic.
I have been reading about systems theory and the word appears in some of the approaches used in the topic.