dysteleology
Sign in to saveDysteleology is the philosophical view that existence has no telos - no final cause from purposeful design as opposed to teleology.
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Dysteleology is the philosophical view that existence has no telos - no final cause from purposeful design as opposed to teleology.
Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) invented and popularized the term dysteleology ().
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