Aristotle & Friends

Aristotle’s four causes

Posted by profpam - 10/01/10 at 11:01:58 am

I got a tweet this morning that warmed my Aristotelian soul. Many of my students in the Fall 2009 Ancient Philosophy course did their creative projects on Aristotle’s Four Causes. (See Physics II.3 and Metaphysics A.3.) I did have some houses, hair cuts, music recordings,and martinis. But coffee won out. I wonder why? Well, next to IN-N-OUT burgers it’s the “food group” I talk about most often.

But this illustration takes the prize.

How to Brew a Good Cup of Coffee from Ben Helfen on Vimeo.

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  I am Dr. Pamela Hood. I'm an associate professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University.

  My research field is Ancient Greek philosophy. My focus is on Aristotle, especially study on the intersection of language, metaphysics and epistemology in the conceptual problems Aristotle identifies in the Categories as well as those this intriguing text has created.

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