Taylorian

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the English architect Sir Robert Taylor (1714–1788) or the Taylor Institution he founded at Oxford University for the study of European languages.
  2. 2
    Of or relating to Taylorism.
  3. 3
    Of or relating to the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor (born 1931).

    "The problem is basically that any mechanical process of cause and effect may be reinterpreted as a "goal-directed" process along Taylorian lines by simply supposing that whatever happens to be its outcome has all along been the "end" toward which the events comprising the process have been "directed"."

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"The problem is basically that any mechanical process of cause and effect may be reinterpreted as a "goal-directed" process along Taylorian lines by simply supposing that whatever happens to be its outcome has all along been the "end" toward which the events comprising the process have been "directed"."

Etymology

From Taylor + -ian.

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