finalism

finalism

美 ['faɪnəlɪzəm] 　英 ['faɪnəlɪzəm]

• 网络目的论；终极目的论；终极论

英汉解释

n.	1. in philosophy, the belief or proposition that all events are determined by their final causes

例句

It was only in the modern era that the natural sciences in all their fields substituted causal research for finalism.

只有在现代，自然科学的所有领域的因果关系研究才替代了那些终极论。