Aristotle's Four Kinds Of Explanations

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In “Aristotle’s Four Kinds of Explanations” Aristotle explains four causes about how we explain something. In this reading, he explains his reasoning by using the because/why in four different ways. It is important to know that Aristotle was natural scientists this was founded by Plato and him. The first explanation is “‘why is the bridge strong?’ ‘Because it is made of steel and concrete’”(Cunningham 413). To begin is must be understood that unlike Plato Aristotle thought the reason why everything is the way it is innate ability. Meaning that ones mind is what is looking for information and we are able to ignore any other things that are not a part of the natural order. His first question has to do with a formal cause as explained in class

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