Aristotle's 4 Causes Flashcards
1
Q
Material cause
A
What it’s made of
2
Q
Efficient cause
A
The process of something coming into existence
3
Q
Formal cause
A
How we recognise something (shape, form, characteristics)
4
Q
Final cause
A
The purpose of something
5
Q
What does Actuality and Potentiality attempt to explain?
A
Everything maintains their identity, but they still change in some sort of way. They move constantly between actuality and potentiality.
6
Q
Actuality
A
What a thing is or does
7
Q
Potentiality
A
What a thing can become, the potential to change
