I 3–7).From this review we learn that all his predecessors were engaged in aninvestigation that eventuated in knowledge of one or more of thefollowing causes: material, formal, efficient and final cause.However, Aristotle makes it very clear that all his predecessorsmerely touched upon these causes ( Metaph. At the beginning ofthe Metaphysics, Aristotle offers a concise review of theresults reached by his predecessors ( Metaph. Both inthe Physics and in the Metaphysics Aristotle placeshimself in direct continuity with this tradition. In this tradition of investigation, the search for causeswas a search for answers to the question “why?”. From the Phaedo, for example, we learnthat the so-called “inquiry into nature” consisted in asearch for “the causes of each thing why each thing comes intoexistence, why it goes out of existence, why it exists” (96 a6–10). From the very beginning, andindependently of Aristotle, the investigation of the natural worldconsisted in the search for the relevant causes of a variety ofnatural phenomena. IntroductionĪristotle was not the first thinker to engage in a causalinvestigation of the world around us. ForAristotle, there are four distinct and irreducible kinds of causes.The focus of this entry is on the systematic interrelations amongthese four kinds of causes. For Aristotle, a firm grasp of what acause is, and how many kinds of causes there are, is essential for asuccessful investigation of the world around us.Īs will become clear in due course, Aristotle is committed to a formof causal pluralism (Stein 2011: 121–147). The emphasis on the concept of cause explains whyAristotle developed a theory of causality which is commonly known asthe doctrine of the four causes.
If successful, such an investigationresults in causal knowledge that is, knowledge of the relevant orappropriate causes. A member of the Ivy League, Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, and considers itself to be the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies.Įach Aristotelian science consists in the causal investigation of aspecific department of reality. The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn) is a private university, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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The user does not need a why, which is determined by causality itself, making it one of the few powers that understandably does not require reason. They can even manipulate probability, the likelihood of what can happen. This effectively, and reasonably, allows them to influence reality, phenomena, and even other powers as all things rely on causality to work. Their use of this power allows them to create and control any cause and/or effect they can think of. The user can bio-energetically manipulate cause and effect.
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