Aristotle - Key words

Question	Answer
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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