- 1. n. The doctrine of the final causes of things Source: opted
- 2. n. the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose. Source: opted
- 3. n. (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes Source: wordnet
- 4. The doctrine of the final causes of things; specif. (Biol.), the doctrine of design, which assumes that the phenomena of organic life, particularly those of evolution, are explicable only by purposive causes, and that they in no way admit of a mechanical explanation or one based entirely on biological science; the doctrine of adaptation to purpose. Source: webster
- 5. The doctrine of the final causes of things; specif. (Biol.), Source: adambom
- 6. n:100 n. (philosophy) a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes Source: ecdict
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