Eclipse, Prediction, and the Modern Meaning of Causality — Part III

THE LUNAR ECLIPSE:   As discussed in Part — II, Aristotle proposed FOUR kinds of cause behind the occurrence of a  natural process — Material, Formal (Formative), Efficient and Final.   To explain how these causes operate, examples of the ‘production of a bronze statue’ and the  ‘growth of a plant’ were provided.   One of the questions, […]