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Episode 18 – Causality According to the Aristotelian-Thomistic Perspective | Prof. Michael Gorman

Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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The Search for Knowledge Is a Search for Explanatory Factors

When we find a causal explanation for something, we know why it is the way it is. It's possible to have an explanation that isn't an ultimate explanation. If you explain one thing in terms of a second thing, then you seek an explanation of that second thing. The material will also figure into discussions of the existence of God a few sessions from now.

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