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Mind Map by natashasoper , updated more than 1 year ago
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The Prime Mover
- Movement depends on there being a mover. If nothing
acted on an object it wouldn't change.
- If an object is changing
or moving then it's
being acted on by
another object, which is
being acted on by
another one etc.
- Infinite Regress (infinite series)
is impossible, so the chain must
lead to something that moves
but is unmoved or motionless -
the Prime Mover.
- Infinite Regress (infinite series)
is impossible, so the chain must
lead to something that moves
but is unmoved or motionless -
the Prime Mover.
- The Prime Mover is the cause of
change/motion in the universe.
- It is the unmoved mover
- It is the final cause, it
pulls things towards it
- It is the final cause, it
pulls things towards it
- It is the unmoved mover
- Characteristics
- Has necessary
existence =
doesn't depend
on anything for
its existence
- Not capable of change
- It's nature is good because it
doesn't need to change
- The Final
Cause, the
ultimate
explanation for
why things
exist
- A pure,
immaterial
being.
Exists just
as thought.
- Transcendent,
impersonal
- It is pure actuality
- It is pure thought
- Has necessary
existence =
doesn't depend
on anything for
its existence
- Links the Prime
Mover with God,
but it's different
to in the Bible.
- Doesn't think about the universe or
what happens in it. Then it would
change as its knowledge did.
- Evaluation
- + argument based
on cause and effect.
It's present in the
world as science
shows.
- - We're just not able to
cope with the
knowledge that nothing
is out there.
- - Existence could be
explained by science or
chance
- + argument based
on cause and effect.
It's present in the
world as science
shows.
- The Prime Mover can only think
of itself
- It must only think of itself otherwise it would not be perfect
- It must only think of itself otherwise it would not be perfect
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