Noun
finalism (countable and uncountable, plural finalisms)
teleology
For example, the Jacobins behavior during the French Revolution would be a typical example of "empirical finalism." Source: Internet
It representing what Parsons called " worldly asceticism " and in that capacity, it represented the absolute opposite principle of empirical finalism. Source: Internet
Philosophy Bergson rejected what he saw as the overly mechanistic predominant view of causality (as expressed in, say, finalism ). Source: Internet