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of that century, the French philosopher, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) developed his metaphysical theories known as "occasionali...
of those objects were independent of his own thought processes: "I perceived certain objects wholly different from my thought, na...
Descartes, of course, is remembered as the "father of modern philosophy". A rationalist, Descartes was particularly concerned wit...
her last child moved out of the family home. Anti-depressants alleviated her condition somewhat, but made her feel groggy and deta...
to lose weight, media pressure to gain weight, and media pressure to increase muscle tone (McCabe et al, 2003). Both studi...
has written; there are even video and audio cassettes/DVDs explaining his approach to healing. As with his other publications, Qua...
also saw mind and body as two separate substance. The Descartes position on the mind-body problem combines the idea of substance d...
he (and humans in general) is(are) a complete entity, a "cogito" or "thinking thing" (as he clarifies in step 1), that entity is c...
horrible situations such as one that would deem them a "vegetable" do have some thinking capacity perhaps. Yet, is a disembodied m...
based solely upon interpretive existence: 1) For an ordinary physical object (such as a tree) to really exist is for it to exist e...
a longer period of time, which serves to dilute the effectiveness of presence and the experiences intensity. With the sensation o...
persecution of the "monster." Of course, part of the trouble with any film like this is the knowledge we have as audience members...
a process that assumes that a persons own subjective construction of reality is more accessible than anything else. The process o...
string went from side-to-side and rotated when I thought or said the command, I could not make a thermometer to actually change te...
the body dies (Island of Freedom, 2003). Although Descartes saw the mind and body as two separate substances and also having diff...
Smarts philosophies regarding the correlation between brain and mind are supported by a number of historic philosophers and scient...
beautiful, graceful Tai Chi movements (McMullen, n.d.). Tai Chi in general is thought to be a physical practice because there is t...
a day of nothing but McDonalds food. It was a matter of a few days before Spurlock began to realize a tangible change to his expa...
function and neurotransmitters (Benson, 2001). For example, Elbogen et al (2004) note how violent behavior such as hostility and ...
fear and anxiety, as well as "a sense of well-being and decreased isolation" (Trombley et al, 2003, p. 92). Ernst (2005) points t...
say that empirical scientific methodology is not appropriate for the study of faith-based religious belief). Anomalous monism stat...
the belief that low level physiological needs are more compelling in relation to behavior than higher level psychological needs, w...
There are four central themes in Kafka's Metamorphosis: the absurdity of life, the disconnect between mind and body, the limits of...
are grand variances in price throughout the country, the standard scale is between $250 and $395 and half that much for subsequent...
ABSTRACT This paper explores the manner in which...
and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...
protocol. Rosenberg et al (2005) and Larson et al (2006) detail the pursuit toward getting the elderly population in step with be...
uncommon for this stage to go unnoticed inasmuch as "there is usually little or no discomfort" (American Academy of Periodontology...
In ten pages body image is considered in this overview and examines how culture and media influence body perception along with res...
In a paper consisting of 20 pages body modification is examined in terms of psychology and history with elective amputation, scari...