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11Anthroposophy — Anthroposophy, a philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner, postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development. More specifically, it aims to develop… …
12Markedness Model — The Markedness Model (sociolinguistic theory) proposed by Carol Myers Scotton is one account of the social indexical motivation for code switching. [1] The model holds that speakers use language choices to index Rights and Obligations (RO) Sets,… …
13Homosexuality and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — Part of a series on LGBT topics and Christianity Christianity and homosexuality Christianity and transgenderism History of Christianity and homosexuality The Bible and homosexuality Queer theology Blessing of same sex unions Ordination of LGBT… …
14Positive Disintegration — The Theory of Positive Disintegration (TPD) by Kazimierz Dąbrowski describes a theory of personality development. Unlike mainstream psychology, Dąbrowski s theoretical framework views psychological tension and anxiety as necessary for growth.… …
15automatism — automatist, n., adj. /aw tom euh tiz euhm/, n. 1. the action or condition of being automatic; mechanical or involuntary action. 2. Philos. the doctrine that all activities of animals, or of humans and animals, are entirely controlled by physical… …
16Predestination — Predestination, in theology is the doctrine that all events have been willed by God. John Calvin interpreted biblical predestination to mean that God willed eternal damnation for some people and salvation for others.[1] Explanations of… …
17Barbara Marx Hubbard — (born Barbara Marx in 1929) is a prolific futurist, writer and public speaker.Personal historyIn her youth, she attended the Dalton School in New York City. She studied at L Ecole des Sciences Politiques at La Sorbonne in Paris during her junior… …
18will — will1 /wil/, auxiliary v. and v., pres. sing. 1st pers. will, 2nd will or (Archaic) wilt, 3rd will, pres. pl. will; past sing. 1st pers. would, 2nd …
19volition — The conscious impulse to perform any act or to abstain from its performance; voluntary action. [L. volo,, to wish] * * * vo·li·tion vō lish ən, və n 1) an act of making a choice or decision also a choice or decision made 2) the power of choosing… …
20emotion — emotionable, adj. emotionless, adj. /i moh sheuhn/, n. 1. an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness. 2. any of the… …
