By the way, teleology is a word I seldom hear, and this is the first time it's come up in an interview.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ingrid Hill - An interview with author] Reference

In other words, how can you explain teleology by dysteleology?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Against Darwinism] Reference

This means that the inference to teleology is an inference by exclusion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alternative to Dembski's Theodicy?] Reference

Allen MacNeill: This means that the inference to teleology is an inference by exclusion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alternative to Dembski's Theodicy?] Reference

To be as clear as possible: teleology is a post hoc inference, not a propter hoc assumption.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alternative to Dembski's Theodicy?] Reference

Rather, it's to reiterate that the claim of universal teleology is metaphysical, not empirical.    From Wordnik.com.  [Continuation…] Reference

As I mentioned, teleology is a possibility whereas science deals only with minimum requirements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bird Teeth] Reference

The moment teleology is discussed, out goes the science – or at least, in comes the contamination with philosophy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Against Darwinism] Reference

Success can accompany an absence of teleology but his does not signify that teleology is never essential or helpful.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Case Study in Scientific Discovery] Reference

So how do you explain people who are not convinced that teleology is only valid in these narrowly defined conditions?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darwin Strips Reality of Purpose?] Reference

MikeGene: So how do you explain people who are not convinced that teleology is only valid in these narrowly defined conditions?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darwin Strips Reality of Purpose?] Reference

The debate between teleology and non-teleology is at least 2500 years old and has involved some of history's greatest thinkers.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Modest Proposal (By a Somewhat Modest Engineer)] Reference

What the standard histories of philosophy write about Aristotle's teleology is unfortunately largely wrong, and must be ignored.    From Wordnik.com.  [Against Darwinism] Reference

For teleology, either some hard predictions regarding the intended endpoint have to be made, or teleology is consistent with anything.    From Wordnik.com.  [Comparing Teleological Predictions with their Non-teleological Counterparts] Reference

… don't lose sight of the larger picture: teleology is not treated as "just another possible explanation.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Again, there is absolutely no teleology involved] Reference

In other words, his teleology was a ultimately a cosmological teleology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Against Darwinism] Reference

This is what is called teleology, that our lives have a direction and purpose.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

Now the really funny thing here, is that Darwinism has it's own built in teleology.    From Wordnik.com.  [At What Level did this Evolve?] Reference

Mung: Now the really funny thing here, is that Darwinism has it's own built in teleology.    From Wordnik.com.  [At What Level did this Evolve?] Reference

It’s true that teleology is a metaphysical inference, but so is dysteleology (to use the term the Ernst Haekel coined.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Alternative to Dembski's Theodicy?] Reference

Consequently, Kant says, when we apply the notion of teleology to the organism, it is merely a mode of reflection on the organism.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Idea of Design in Nature: Science or Phenomenology? By Jakob Wolf] Reference

This doesn't mean that teleology is not testable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Behe and Gene discuss the Evolution of the Flagellum] Reference

And it doesn't support any kind of teleology in historical development.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marc Bloch's history] Reference

A new kind of teleology appeared in Stoicism, which was a materialistic theory of divine providence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference

The existence of design and/or purpose in nature (technically "teleology") has been debated for millennia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cornell offers course on intelligent design] Reference

The "teleology" would just be a robotic mechanical tinkering with genes in response to physiological stresses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coordinated Evolution] Reference

When I was exploring "teleology" I became very disappointed with the whole "philosophical" approach to the subject.    From Wordnik.com.  [Catch that crinoid!] Reference

Any system that postulates design or any kind of teleology has to explain why there is nonfunctional stuff present at all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Continued Uncommon Junk Talk - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

In other words, 'teleology' of this variety is dispelled by theories of evolution.    From Wordnik.com.  [The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill] Reference

That assumes teleology, which is empty.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Danger of Anti-Drug Laws] Reference

Orwell’s story reveals a teleology which is both postcolonial and redemptive.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Picture: Orwell, India and the BBC] Reference

We call the manifestations of divine teleology miracles.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality] Reference

We recognize a duty at sight without realizing its teleology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Problems of Conduct] Reference

Strauss, but also such a brilliant advocate of teleology as Eduard von.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality] Reference

For the whole idea of higher and lower belongs to the category of teleology.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality] Reference

That is using teleology as a regulative principle, in Kant's sense of the word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference

In these directions, teleology of nature is infinitely superior to that of man.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality] Reference

They are saturated with a teleology which, at times, becomes excessively tedious.    From Wordnik.com.  [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] Reference

It was indeed one of their boasts that they had finally eliminated all teleology from Nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference