equafinality

equafinality

English

Noun

equafinality (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of equifinality
   • 2012 December 6, Kaye E. Reed, “The Use of Paleocommunity and Taphonomic Studies in Reconstructing Primate Behavior”, in J. Michael Plavcan, Richard F. Kay, William L. Jungers, Carel P. van Schaik, editor, Reconstructing Behavior in the Primate Fossil Record‎, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 222:

     There is always the problem of equafinality, but continuing to examine more complex processes and patterns in living communities will allow this problem to be addressed from multiple lines of evidence (Gifford-Gonzalez, 1991).

   • 2006, Emanuel Adler, Michael Barnett, “A Framework for the Study of SecurityCommunities”, in Richard Little, Michael Smith, editor, Perspectives on World Politics‎, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 205:

     The more general implication is that security communities are likely to exhibit equafinality: common endpoints can have very disparate beginnings.