final cause

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British actor Julian Sands' final cause of death has been deemed undetermined.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2023

The next day, Mr. Ketler’s body was taken to the city’s morgue, where the final cause of death was established.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2022

Each final cause leads to another, until we get to the first cause or prime mover.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Authorities are seeking more information about Lindsey Pearlman's death before a final cause can be made.

From Fox News • Feb. 22, 2022

As far as Aristotle was concerned, as we saw in Chapter 3, causal explanations had four components: the formal cause, the final cause, the material cause and the efficient cause.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton