Ancient Philosophical influences (OCR A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Aristotle's view: can we gain knowledge from changing world?
Aristotle's view: can we gain knowledge from changing world?
Yes, by analysing causal processes that explain change
Actuality
Actuality
Something in its current state
Potentiality
Potentiality
The way things could become
Telos
Telos
The final end or purpose of something
Material cause (with example)
Material cause (with example)
What something is made of (e.g. chair made of wood)
Formal cause (with example)
Formal cause (with example)
Essence/defining character (e.g. shape of a chair)
Efficient cause (with example)
Efficient cause (with example)
What brings it into existence (e.g. whoever made the chair)
Final cause (with example)
Final cause (with example)
End goal/telos (e.g. chair is to be sat on)
Prime Mover's key characteristics
Prime Mover's key characteristics
Unmoved, cannot change, pure actuality, transcendent
How does Prime Mover create change?
How does Prime Mover create change?
By 'pulling' on things, not as a creator
Soul's role in the body (Aristotle)
Soul's role in the body (Aristotle)
The formal cause of the body
Sartre on existence and essence
Sartre on existence and essence
Existence precedes essence
Fallacy of composition
Fallacy of composition
What's true of a part isn't necessarily true of the whole