taylorian

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.

Of or relating to Taylorism.

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".

Later, constructing a notable Taylorian matrix, he argues that Eastonian economic-model theories of political life ‘always end up either laughable, or begging the major question, or both’ (p. 76).