dysteleology

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It is an indispensable foundation of the theory of evolution Of the many and weighty arguments for the truth of this conception of evolution I will for the moment merely point to the invaluable evidence of dysteleology, the science of rudimentary organs.

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  1. noun The doctrine of purposelessness in nature.
  2. noun Purposelessness in natural structures, as manifested by the existence of vestigial or nonfunctional organs or parts.

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  • I would note that I always find the arguments from dysteleology to be some what ... —  Uncommon Descent
  • All the interesting phenomena that we meet in ontogeny and paleontology, comparative anatomy and dysteleology, the distribution and habits of organisms--all the important general laws that we abstract from the phenomena of these sciences, and combine in harmonious unity--are the broad bases of our great biological induction But when we come to the application of this law, and seek to determine with its aid the origin of the various species of organisms, we are compelled to frame hypotheses that have essentially a DEDUCTIVE character, and are inferences from the general law to particular cases. —  The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
  • It is an indispensable foundation of the theory of evolution Of the many and weighty arguments for the truth of this conception of evolution I will for the moment merely point to the invaluable evidence of dysteleology, the science of rudimentary organs. —  The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
  • This is the science of rudimentary or useless organs; I have given it the name of "dysteleology" in view of its philosophic consequences. —  The Evolution of Man — Volume 1
  • Setting aside suspicions that this is a mere rhetorical move designed to discredit without the difficult work of confronting the evidence, perhaps it's because ID may give scientific aid and comfort to theistic belief - and this despite ancillary issues of dysteleology. —  Evolution News & Views
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  1. from Greek δυσ-, bad, + τέλος (τελε-), end, purpose, + -λογία, from λέγειν, speak: see teleology.
 

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/dɪstɛləˈɑlədʒi/
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