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Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy
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Episode 18 – Causality According to the Aristotelian-Thomistic Perspective | Prof. Michael Gorman
Oct 30, 2019
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The Aristotelian View of Causation
01:13
The Essence of a Cat
01:04
The Problem of God as Cause
01:04
Aristotle's Four Causes
01:21
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Introduction
4min
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The Humian View of Causation
2min
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What Is Causation?
3min
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What Aquinas Calls a Causa in English
3min
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The Four Causes
3min
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The Metaphysical Status of Artifacts
3min
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The Case of the Cat Is Different From That of the Football
3min
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What Is the Goal of a Cat?
3min
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The Connection Between Causation and Act and Potency
3min
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The Fourfold Causal Schema in Modern Science
3min
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Why Modern Science Isn't About Causation Law
3min
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Is Aquinas Crazy?
2min
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The Quineness Versus He or He Does a Picky Question
3min
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The Final Cause, There's a Second Answer
3min
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The Search for Knowledge Is a Search for Explanatory Factors
5min
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