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Cause

cause

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Keyword:   four
Context:   Aristotle identified four kinds of answer or explanatory mode to various "Why?" questions.
Full context:   Aristotle identified four kinds of answer or explanatory mode to various "Why?" questions. He thought that, for any given topic, all four kinds of explanatory mode were important, each in its own right. As a result of traditional specialized philosophical peculiarities of language, with translations between ancient Greek, Latin, and English, the word 'cause' is nowadays in specialized philosophical writings used to label Aristotle's four kinds. In ordinary language, the word 'cause' has a variety of meanings, the most common of which refers to efficient causation, which is the topic of the present article.
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Polynym
Four causes

cause

Source
Aristotle
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Four causes

cause

Source
Aristotle
Area
Metaphysics
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty

logic

Source
G.W.F. Hegel
Area
Philosophy
Mode
step
Depth
11
User
scotty

noble truth

Source
Buddha
Area
Philosophy
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty

recovery

Source
Bill Wilson, Dr. Bob Smith
Area
Medicine
Mode
step
Depth
12
User
scotty
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