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Cause

cause

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Keyword:   three
Context:   The other three explanatory modes might be rendered material composition, structure and dynamics, and, again, criterion of completion.
Full context:   Of Aristotle's four kinds or explanatory modes, only one, the 'efficient cause' is a cause as defined in the leading paragraph of this present article. The other three explanatory modes might be rendered material composition, structure and dynamics, and, again, criterion of completion. The word that Aristotle used was αἰτία. For the present purpose, that Greek word would be better translated as "explanation" than as "cause" as those words are most often used in current English. Another translation of Aristotle is that he meant "the four Becauses" as four kinds of answer to "why" questions.
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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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