Determined: Teleos
Etymology: New Latin teleologia, from Greek tele-, telos end, purpose + -logia -logy
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"teleology (tĕl'ēŏl`əjē, tē'lē–), in philosophy, term applied to any system attempting to explain a series of events in terms of ends, goals, or purposes.
It is opposed to mechanism, the theory that all events may be explained by mechanical principles of causation. Aristotle argued that all nature reflects the purposes of an immanent final cause. Frequently, teleologists have identified purpose in the universe with God's will. The teleological argument for the existence of God holds that order in the world could not be accidental and that since there is design there must be a designer. A more recent evolutionary view finds purpose in the higher levels of organic life but holds that it is not necessarily based in any transcendent being."
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Spiritual Systems Science
"Teleology (Greek telos, "end"; logos, "discourse"), in philosophy, the science or doctrine that attempts to explain the universe in terms of ends or final causes. Teleology is based on the proposition that the universe has design and purpose. In Aristotelian philosophy, the explanation of, or justification for, a phenomenon or process is to be found not only in the immediate purpose or cause, but also in the "final cause"—the reason for which the phenomenon exists or was created. In Christian theology, teleology represents a basic argument for the existence of God, in that the order and efficiency of the natural world seem not to be accidental. If the world design is intelligent, an ultimate Designer must exist."
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Max Weber
Teleological action is typified by means-ends rationality; utilitarianism is the best known example. This is the rationality Iannaccone favors, and it needs little elaboration here. It is a rationality of means. Ends are given, and thus are potentially irrational; rationality involves the careful calculation of the most efficient means to reach them. Max Weber named this "zweck-rationalitat": "goal-rational action," to use one of the most common translations (Weber 1922: 26). ("Instrumental rationality" is another favored term.)
Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Wissenschaftslehre (Collected Essays on Education) (original - 1922)
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Max Weber
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