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12 Cards in this Set
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How did he believe knowledge could be gained |
Through senses ( a posteriori ) |
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What are the four causes |
1) Material cause 2) Efficient cause 3) Formal cause 4) Final cause |
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What is the material cause |
It looks at what the object is made of |
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Explain the efficient cause |
Explains how the object happened, like a plan |
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Explain the formal cause |
What are the objects characteristics |
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Explain the final cause |
The purpose of the object |
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Explain the following causes for a chair : 1-Material 2-Efficient 3-Formal 4-Final |
1)Material - Plastic/wood 2)Efficient- Shaping the chair 3)Formal - Planning the chair&i how to do it 4)Final-To sit on the chair |
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What is the final cause also known as |
Teleological which means, its concerned with the ultimate purpose of something |
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Explain the prime mover |
- outside time&space - does not have a bodily form - exists only in a spiritual way -pure intelligence or thought |
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Quote what Aristotle said about the prime mover |
"There must be a mover which moves them without being moved eternal and a substance and actual" |
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Another Aristotle quote |
"The series must start with something since nothing can come from nothing" |
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What are the weaknesses of Aristotles theories |
-disparity between something powerful enough to set the universe in motion but unable to know it
- if the prime mover is eternal thought, where did the matter that the world is made of come from
-does there have to be a final cause, can there not be chance |
