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  2. Telos - Wikipedia

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    Telos (/ ˈ t ɛ l ɒ s, ˈ t iː l ɒ s /; [1] Ancient Greek: τέλος, romanized: télos, lit. 'end, purpose, goal') [ 2 ] is a term used by philosopher Aristotle to refer to the final cause of a natural organ or entity, or of human art.

  3. Teleology - Wikipedia

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    Plato (left) and Aristotle, depicted here in The School of Athens, both developed philosophical arguments addressing the universe's apparent order (). Teleology (from τέλος, telos, 'end', 'aim', or 'goal', and λόγος, logos, 'explanation' or 'reason') [1] or finality [2] [3] is a branch of causality giving the reason or an explanation for something as a function of its end, its ...

  4. Teleological argument - Wikipedia

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    The teleological argument (from τέλος, telos, 'end, aim, goal') also known as physico-theological argument, argument from design, or intelligent design argument, is a rational argument for the existence of God or, more generally, that complex functionality in the natural world, which looks designed, is evidence of an intelligent creator.

  5. Kant's teleology - Wikipedia

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    Kant's moral philosophy is also concerned with ends but only in relation to humans, [i] where he considers it to be wrong to use an individual merely as means. The Critique of Teleology is concerned with ends in nature and so this discussion of ends is broader than in Kant's moral philosophy.

  6. Potentiality and actuality - Wikipedia

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    Greek for end in this sense is telos, a component word in entelecheia (a work that is the proper end of a thing) and also teleology. This is an aspect of Aristotle's theory of four causes and specifically of formal cause (eidos, which Aristotle says is energeia [25]) and final cause (telos).

  7. Glossary of Stoicism terms - Wikipedia

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    telos τέλος: goal or objective of life. theôrêma θεώρημα: general principle or perception. theos θεός: god; associated with the order in the Universe. tonos τόνος: tension, a principle in Stoic physics causing attraction and repulsion, and also the cause of virtue and vice in the soul.

  8. Teleology in biology - Wikipedia

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    Teleology, from Greek τέλος, telos "end, purpose" [3] and -λογία, logia, "a branch of learning", was coined by the philosopher Christian von Wolff in 1728. [4] The concept derives from the ancient Greek philosophy of Aristotle, where the final cause (the purpose) of a thing is its function. [5]

  9. Arche-writing - Wikipedia

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    In the philosophy of language, "Arche-writing" (French: archi-écriture "arche-" meaning "origin, principle, or telos" [citation needed]) is a concept introduced by French philosopher Jacques Derrida which refers to an abstract kind of writing that precedes both speech and actual writing. [1]