KEY TERMS: aristotle Flashcards
1
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form
A
what makes something recognisable
2
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prime mover
A
unchanging, unmoving, sprit, free cause
3
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four causes
A
what everything has
1. material 2.effeicent 3.formal 4.final
4
Q
a priori
A
an argument base on reason alone
5
Q
a posteriori
A
an argument based on the senses and experience
6
Q
telos
A
and result/ final purpose
7
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matter/substance
A
the substance is what a thing is made from, it can continue to exist or it can cease to exist
8
Q
material cause
A
what it is made of?
9
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formal cause
A
what are its characteristics?
10
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efficient cause
A
how was the thing/object manufactured?
11
Q
final cause
A
what is its purpose/telos?
12
Q
motus
A
change/movement
13
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actuality and potentiality
A
what something is and what it has the potential to become
