Cause is the objective situation apprehended as a means toward a presupposed end
Evidence
We shall therefore use the term cause for the objective apprehension of a determined situation as this situation is revealed in the light of a certain end as being able to serve as the means for attaining this end. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1086
Categorization
- DEFINE: Sartre’s technical definition of ‘cause’ as distinct from ‘motive’ — objective apprehension of a means, requiring the for-itself’s prior project.
- XREF: connects to: Past motives become objective things, collapsing the distinction between cause and motive — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1092; Objective states of affairs become causes only through a for-itself’s project — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1089; Situation arises from freely chosen ends colliding with surrounding facticity. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1276 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Objective states of affairs become causes only through a for-itself’s project
#expands(0.90) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1089 - Past motives become objective things, collapsing the distinction between cause and motive
#expands(0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1092 - Motives are constituted by projecting beyond a situation toward change
#expands(0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1072 - Situation arises from freely chosen ends colliding with surrounding facticity.
#expands(0.80) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1276