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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Something that brings about an effect, rather than merely describing its purpose or what it is made from.
Used by Edexcel
Specification 1.6 · Paper 3
Revise: Cosmological ArgumentThe Second Way begins with efficient causes: things that bring about effects. Aquinas observes that causes produce effects, and that those causes may themselves depend on other causes.
Specification 2.6 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Something that brings about an effect or brings something into existence.
Distinguish Aquinas’ First Three Ways: change, efficient causes, and contingency. They are related arguments, not three identical statements.
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The Second Way concerns efficient causes: causes which bring about effects. A tree, for example, grows through the activity of seeds and suitable conditions. Its existence is not self-explanatory.
