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Aristotle’s Theory of Causation
What is it for something to ‘cause’ something else? This is a very difficult question to answer. No science or philosophy has yet really settled the question, in fact, and it remains a topic of serious debate now and for the future. We will leave that debate for the metaphysicians and focus on Aristotle’s version. […]
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A Very Brief Introduction to Aristotle’s Metaphysics
Aristotle was a very down-to-earth philosopher. He said we should trust observation over theory, and trust theory only if it matches up with the observable world. If you want to understand something, look first, think after. That might be a good slogan for Aristotle’s approach. So what do we see when we look at the world? […]
An experiment with philosophy as a way of life
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