Aristotle - Key words

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Empiricism The belief that knowledge is acquired through the senses.
Actuality When an object fulfils its purpose to become something else.
Potentiality When something contains the ingredients or ability to become something else.
Metaphysics The study of the theories of nature and reality.
Teleological Comes from the word 'telos' meaning end/purpose. 'Teleological' is concerned with saying something about the purpose of something.
Pure Actuality No potential for change or to be acted upon.
Form By 'Form' Aristotle meant the 'formal' cause.
Necessary being Something which cannot not exist and therefore always exists.
The Prime Mover The unchanging cause of all that exists.
Materialism The rejection of dualism. The belief that nothing exists except matter.
THE 4 CAUSES 1. The material cause what something is made of eg, wood
THE 4 CAUSES 2. The efficient cause the agent or circumstances that bring something about eg, the carpenter
THE 4 CAUSES 3. The formal cause what makes the thing recognisable; its structure, shape and activity eg, a desk
THE 4 CAUSES 4. The final cause the ultimate reason why the thing exists eg, to write on
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