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Aristotle

Aristotle. The First Logician. Teacher of Alexander the Great. Categories of Reason. Starting point of reason. Subject and predicates. Each object has 9 categories or (predicates that can be applied to it) these predicates distiguish one object from another. 9 Categories.

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Aristotle

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  1. Aristotle The First Logician

  2. Teacher of Alexander the Great

  3. Categories of Reason • Starting point of reason. • Subject and predicates. • Each object has 9 categories or (predicates that can be applied to it) these predicates distiguish one object from another.

  4. 9 Categories • Quantity ( e.g. 6 feet tall) • Quaility (e.g. Articulate) • Relation (e.g. Father to Son) • Place (e.g. at the college) • Date/Time (last week, Feb. 1st) • Posture (standing) • Possession (gold, clothes, shoes, bag) • Action (teaching) • Passivity (learning)

  5. Syllogism

  6. Metaphysics • Aristotle considered Metaphysics to be “first philosophy”. • Dealt with basic questions of reality and existence.

  7. Primary Substance

  8. Matter and Form

  9. Process of Change • The Four Causes: • Formal cause • Material cause • Efficient cause • Final cause

  10. Formal cause

  11. Material cause

  12. Efficient cause

  13. Final cause

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