Aquinas 101 - Course 2: Introduction to Thomistic Philosophy

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

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Oct 30, 2019
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 4min
2
The Humian View of Causation
04:05 • 2min
3
What Is Causation?
06:27 • 3min
4
What Aquinas Calls a Causa in English
09:38 • 3min
5
The Four Causes
12:26 • 3min
6
The Metaphysical Status of Artifacts
15:18 • 3min
7
The Case of the Cat Is Different From That of the Football
18:15 • 3min
8
What Is the Goal of a Cat?
21:12 • 3min
9
The Connection Between Causation and Act and Potency
24:01 • 3min
10
The Fourfold Causal Schema in Modern Science
27:24 • 3min
11
Why Modern Science Isn't About Causation Law
30:05 • 3min
12
Is Aquinas Crazy?
33:33 • 2min
13
The Quineness Versus He or He Does a Picky Question
35:32 • 3min
14
The Final Cause, There's a Second Answer
38:26 • 3min
15
The Search for Knowledge Is a Search for Explanatory Factors
41:22 • 5min