Aristotle

Question 1

aristotle

Answer 1

• born in Greece
• plato was his teacher at plato academy
• property dualist
• empiricist

Question 2

form

Answer 2

the purpose of things

Question 3

form of the human

Answer 3

3. vegetative
4. appetitive
5. reason

Question 4

“worthy of the beasts”

Answer 4

pleasure isn’t our main function

Question 5

cause

Answer 5

explanatory factor for something

Question 6

philosophy

Answer 6

knowledge of causes of things

Question 7

experience

Answer 7

knowledge of the particulars

Question 8

teleos

Answer 8

an end of things

Question 9

hylomorphism

Answer 9

change in a substance

Question 10

matter

Answer 10

• material things

- persists in change

Question 11

form

Answer 11

• teleos/purpose

- changes

Question 12

substance

Answer 12

composed from matter and form

Question 13

formal cause

Answer 13

model upon which something is made

Question 14

efficient cause

Answer 14

the means by which a thing comes into existence

Question 15

material cause

Answer 15

what something is made of

Question 16

final cause

Answer 16

goal or teleos of a thing

Question 17

4 causes of change

Answer 17

formal
efficient
material
final

Question 18

eudaimonia

Answer 18

using reason and is the final cause of humans

Question 19

potentiality

Answer 19

a power to become something

Question 20

characteristics of prime mover

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• is necessary
• not capable of change
• pure actuality
• pure good
• perfect
• final cause

Question 21

change

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everything is going from actuality, to potentiality to a new actuality

Question 22

how does the universe relate to God?

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• as a leader

- in the order of the universe

Question 23

prime mover

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he is the cause of the world but not the creator/designer, it is just in his nature to attract things and make them move (compare to the form of the good)

Question 24

criticisms of the causes

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• a purpose for something is subjective
• atheists argue we have no purpose and are here by chance
• our senses aren’t always accurate

Question 25

advantages of the prime mover

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• impassive prime mover is more logical than a perfect God

- avoids the problem of evil

Question 26

disadvantages of the prime mover

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• if he is pure thought, how did he cause matter as things are caused by like things
• not good enough for religious believers as they can’t worship him
• we might be here by chance