(July 15, 2019 at 7:17 pm)polymath257 Wrote: Yes, I am aware of Aristotle's different notions of cause, such as formal, efficient, etc. I just think they are poor categories and not helpful for analysis.
It's odd, in that case, that you were using "cause" in a very different sense earlier in this thread.
Why do you think that Aristotle's αἰτία are poor categories?