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35 Cards in this Set
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Actuality |
Is where an object fulfils its potential and becomes something else. |
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Contingent |
Something which need not exist. |
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Disinterested |
Having no stake in something. |
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Efficient Cause |
What makes the thing that is caused: The agent(s) that cause something to exist. |
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Empiricist |
Believes that the primary source of knowledge is gained through the 5 senses. |
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Eudomonia (eudaimonia) |
Flourishing. |
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Final Cause |
The function that the object preforms: its purpose. |
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Immaterial |
That which is not formed out of matter. |
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Formal Cause |
What determines the object (characteristics) and makes it to be what it is. |
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Matter |
That of which something is made of: Substance. |
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Material Cause |
What something is made of: What its substance is. |
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Metaphysics |
Literally 'after physics'.
Aristotle's book, 'Metaphysics' examines the question what is being? Seeking to explain the nature of being. Matter+form= Substance (E.g, stone+blueprint=statue) |
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Necessary being |
Something that does not depend on anything else for its existence- Cannot not exist. (E.g, Prime Mover). |
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Prime Mover |
The self-moved being that causes all motion. -He is unaware of Humans -The universe's ultimate telos is being completely pulled in towards the Prime mover |
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Potentially |
When something contains ingredients or inherent qualities to become something else (e.g, acorn changing into an oak tree). |
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Teleology |
The study of the universe in terms of ends or final causes. |
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Telos |
Purpose or end goal/result. |
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Hyle |
Substance: what it is made out of. |
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Creatio ex nihilo |
'creation out of nothing' |
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Where can Aristotle's work be found? |
- Lecture notes and dialogues authored while teaching at the Academy in Athens. - His book 'Metaphysics'. - His book 'De Anima' (relationship between body and soul can be found here). |
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The Four causes (Theory of causality) |
Explains our existence in four parts. [M.E.F.F] [Must Exist For Future ( acronym- way to remember)]
-Material -Efficient -Formal -Final
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What is Aristotle's Replacement of the Forms? |
+ Aristotle's Four Causes (Theory of Causality) |
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What is the Prime Mover? |
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Aristotle's Cosmology: |
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Aristotle on the Body & Soul: |
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Criticisms from David Hume |
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Exam Q: Aristotle's Theory of the Four Causes is convincing, discuss. |
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Differences between Plato and Aristotle; |
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Aristotle's Understanding of Reality- Nature of Cause |
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More on Criticisms of Aristotle (1); |
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More on Criticisms of Aristotle (2); |
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More on Criticisms of Aristotle (3); |
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Aristotle's influence on Christian thought; |
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More on Criticisms of Aristotle (4); |
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Aristotle on the soul |
He uses an example of an axe: The axe's soul is it's ability to chop. |
