Aristotle four causes

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  • Aristotle
    • He found it difficult to agree with Plato's views
      • He did not accept that there was another world more real than this one
      • He believed that the physical world around us is the key to knowledge
        • We can learn about it using our senses
      • Aristotle rejected that there is a 'world of forms'
      • He thought that nothing can be gained from the dualist approach
      • Aristotle thought that ideas can have no real existence just on their own, they have to relate to something
        • Knowledge can be gained through observation of the world around us
    • Why are things the way they are-what caused them?
      • Why do things exist at all?
      • Aristotle realised that there are different explanations for its existence
        • The Four Causes
          • MATERIAL CAUSE
            • What is it made from
          • FORMAL CAUSE
            • What are its characteristics?
          • EFFICIENT CAUSE
            • Who created it?
          • FINAL CAUSE
            • What is its purpose?
    • The Four Causes
      • MATERIAL CAUSE
        • What is it made from
      • FORMAL CAUSE
        • What are its characteristics?
      • EFFICIENT CAUSE
        • Who created it?
      • FINAL CAUSE
        • What is its purpose?

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