Axiology, personal values and ethical rationalities: a proposal for theoretical frameworks integration by Matheus Lemos de Andrade, Ramon Silva Leite, Simone Teresinha Chaves de Andrada Ibrahin, Karina Carneiro Costa

“…The present study aims at verifying the existence of relationships between personal values (Schwartz, 1992; Schwartz et al., 2012) and the ethical deontological and teleological rationalities. A survey into this issue was conducted with a sample of 453 Brazilian respondents. …”
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The Idea of the University: Histories and Contexts ed. Debaditya Bhattacharya: by Krishanu Adhikari

“…An ontological vis-à-vis teleological enquiry of the journey of the university since its inception in the medieval Europe down to the neoliberal developments/challenges of the universities from the former colonies foregrounds the liminalities and contestations pertaining to its discursive and non-linear progression.…”
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“To Taste Something New, First Empty Your Cup”: Bartleby Politics, Anti-Colonial Resistance and State Violence by Timothy Bryar, Kristian Lasslett

“…This resistance can shift a teleological moment to a contingent moment, where multiple vectors of history are opened up by the colonized “subjects,” that go beyond the set sequence offered by the colonial power. …”
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Some ways that a thing can go wrong : malfunctions, disorders and perversions by Bach-y-Rita, Peter

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The Good Intense “Loves” the Bad Intense: Intensity and the Death Drive by Dejan Durić, Željka Matijašević

“…The article analyzes the concept of intensity promoted in late capitalism, and its difference from the teleological intensity of the countercultural sixties. …”
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Learning and Selection Processes by Marc Artiga

“…In particular, I present a teleological account of the normativity that arises in learning processes, and I defend it from some objections.…”
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Designing and Producing Better Products, Projects and Services by Mohammed Ali Berawi

“…Philosophical literature divides the concept of function into two main understandings: teleological theory and etiological theory. The teleological theory of function can explain the purpose and requisite actions of an object by citing expectations of collective intentionality, such as, our collective agreement that a hammer should be used to hit nails. …”
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CURRICULUMUL UNIVERSITAR – FACTOR DETERMINANT ÎN REALIZAREA CONTINUITĂȚII ȘI INTERCONEXIUNII ÎNTRE CICLURI DE ÎNVĂȚĂMÂNT SUPERIOR by Vladimir GUŢU

“…Aceste mecanisme țin de cadrul conceptual, teleologic, conținutal și procesual ca demersuri curriculare de valorificare a principiilor de continuitate și interconexiune.…”
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The anthropological construction of Czech identity: academic and popular discourses of identity in 20th century Bohemia by Vimont, M, Michael Timothy Vimont

“…In each period, identity is deeply intertwined with teleological theories of history with Czech populations at the apex of cultural evolutionary development. …”

The unruly mind by Schnurr, J

“…The discussions of teleologism and teleo-functionalism demonstrate that these views, although making much weaker claims about belief, fall prey as well to the main problems identified for the core normativist views. …”

Zasady wariacyjne a ich teleologiczna interpretacja by Dominika Domaciuk

“…It is argued that the teleological interpretation of integral principles is unjustified. …”
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Il problema dell’ontologia del diritto tra vocazione al sistema e razionalitá teleologica by Antonio Vernacotola Gualtieri D’Ocre

“…For this purpose, taking in a comparative consideration three different models, the positivism, the axiological-constitutional one and the classical-metaphysical one, subjects such as the person, the teleological rationality and the natural law are analyzed and discussed in their foundational value and in their specific function.…”
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The Other Siege of Vienna and the Ottoman Threat: An Essay in Counter-Factual History by Richard W. Bulliet

“…As with many attempts at counter-factual history, this exercise seeks to offer a warning against teleological approaches to history in which major events and their outcomes are described as being inevitable.…”
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Pedagogía de la ética: de la responsabilidad a la alteridad by Vila Merino, Eduardo S.

“…Ethics, since the so-called 'linguistic turn' and the rise of the notion of discursive formations, has tended to combine the teleological and the deontological. That means that, if ethics is to be useful in understanding relationships and other social issues, or in building the common good, it ought to take a procedural position. …”
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Hegel y la Crítica del Juicio by Berta Pérez Rodríguez

“…Taking the Critique of Judgement for an answer to the problem raised by the kantian dualisms, I offer a reading of this work according to which in the part devoted to the teleological judgement Kant practices a Hegelian way of resolution, whereas, in the “critique of the aesthetic judgement”, he thinks the relation between the opposites of such dualisms in a new way that opens up the possibility of a dialectical thought rid of the absolutness of the Hegelian reason.…”
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Ethics : theory and practice / by 264029 Thiroux, Jacques P., Krasemann, Keith W.

Spontaneous categorization of tools based on observation in children and chimpanzees by Gruber, T, Frick, A, Hirata, S, Adachi, I, Biro, D

“…Our current model of tool use development in children is based on humans’ supposedly unique ability to adopt a teleological stance: the understanding of a demonstrator’s goal-based intentions when using a tool. …”

Contingent Chaucer: experience, time, and modality in Chaucerian poetics by Buchanan, P

“…The thesis moves retrospectively through Chaucer’s career, first reassessing the Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale and Clerk’s Tale, before passing through Troilus and Criseyde and the House of Fame, revealing in each case how Chaucer reworks his sources to articulate his vision of contingency, and contest humanist narratives of utopian perfectibility and idealistic, teleological poetics. It situates each poem’s ideas of contingency in their fuller context within intellectual history, tracing the arc of Chaucer’s developing philosophical vision. …”

When two worldviews meet by Edelmann, JB

“…</p> <p>To examine the possibility and scope of a <em>Bhāgavata</em>-science dialogue, I focus on the theological, ontological, epistemological and teleological presuppositions that each tradition bring to the study of nature, outlining the similarities and differences in their approaches. …”

Perspectives in Anthropology, Feminism, and Gender for the Histories of Techniques and Technology: Interview with Francesca Bray by Francesca Bray, Nicole Cristi

“…In this interview, Bray discusses the possibilities offered by a situated approach to the history (or histories) of techniques and technology in order to challenge hegemonic Eurocentric teleologies that surround it. From her research on Imperial China, Bray explains how an interwoven approach mixing gender studies, feminism, and an anthropological point of view could contribute analytically and methodologically to the History of Technology, in order to expand its margins beyond its recurring modern and binary tales. …”
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