Explain and give examples of each of Aristotle's four varieties of causation

What are these causations?


- Material Cause: the "matter" of which a thing is made.
- Formal Cause: the embedded form that gives shape and purpose to the "matter."
- Efficient Cause: the "triggering" action that sets the thing in motion.
- Final Cause: the ultimate purpose for which a thing exists.

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Descartes is associated with the phrase "I think, therefore I am"

indicate whethet this statement is true or false

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How many images or analogies for the church are found in the New Testament?

a. 5 b. 10 c. 35 d. 66 e. 96

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If you accept the "two-world assumption," you are vulnerable to skepticism

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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