| 单词 | teleologist |
| 例句 | “He told me he was a teleologist. I had to look it up. Did he ever tell you?” “Chaunt” 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The teleologist can always defy the evolutionist to disprove that the primordial molecular arrangement was not intended to evolve the phenomena of the universe.” The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z The Designer of the teleologist, the First Cause of the religious philosopher, the Vital Force of the biologist, and the law of the half-orthodox scientist, are all the shadowy children of ignorance and fear. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z Indeed he is a very decided teleologist on lines of his own, and, in physiology, takes sides strongly with 'vitalism' as against pure mechanicism. Schopenhauer 2011-12-14T03:00:15.367Z What the Darwinian does is to deny the validity of the evidence which the teleologist brings to prove his case. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z For, as Sachs shows, though Hales was necessarily a teleologist in the theological sense, he always asked for purely mechanical explanations. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History It is the mind thus stored with the choicest materials of the teleologist that rejects teleology, seeking to refer these wonders to natural causes. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Galen is a teleologist; and a teleologist of a kind whose views happened to fit in with the prevailing theological attitude of the Middle Ages, whether Christian, Moslem, or Jewish. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield This argument is at any rate perfectly valid against Schopenhauer himself; for he holds in common with the optimistic teleologists that 'nature does nothing in vain.' Schopenhauer 2011-12-14T03:00:15.367Z The denial of final causes is the formative idea of Darwin's theory, and therefore no teleologist can be a Darwinian. What is Darwinism? Professor Henderson concedes very little to the vitalists or the teleologists. The Breath of Life Will the teleologist maintain that this selective process is itself indicative of special design? Thoughts on Religion Associated words: teleology, teleologist, teleological. designing, n. artful, wily, crafty, subtle, politic, Machiavelian disingenuous. Putnam's Word Book The teleologists have long told us that the valves in the veins of the arms and legs assist in the return of blood to the heart against gravitation. Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 The special teleologists, such as Paley, occupy themselves with the latter only; they refer particular facts to special design, but leave an overwhelming array of the widest facts inexplicable. Darwiniana; Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism The arteries lie deeper than the veins, or are otherwise protected, for the purpose—as a teleologist would say—of preventing serious loss of blood from superficial cuts. Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 In studying biological phenomena we are all at present in the intellectual position of our imaginary teleologist when studying the marine bay: we do not know the natural causes which have produced the observed results. Thoughts on Religion |
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