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  • 41painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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  • 42Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 43human behaviour — Introduction       the potential and expressed capacity for physical, mental, and social activity during the phases of human life.       Human beings, like other animal species, have a typical life course that consists of successive phases of… …

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  • 44Consciousness — Representation of consciousness from the seventeenth century. Consciousness is a term that refers to the relati …

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  • 45mind, philosophy of — Branch of philosophy that studies the nature of mind and its various manifestations, including intentionality, sensation and sense perception, feeling and emotion, traits of character and personality, the unconscious, volition, thought, memory,… …

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  • 46Cetacean intelligence — denotes the cognitive capabilities of the Cetacea order of mammals, which includes whales, porpoises, and dolphins. Contents 1 Brain size 2 Brain structure 3 Problem solving ability …

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  • 47Elias Porter — Infobox Scientist name = Elias Porter birth date = birth date|1914|1|1|mf=y (Only birth year is known) birth place = Oregon, U.S. death date = death date and age|1987|12|13|1914|1|1|mf=y death place = Pacific Palisades, California, U.S.… …

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  • 48Deconstruction and Derrida — Simon Critchley and Timothy Mooney DERRIDIAN DECONSTRUCTION1 In the last twenty five years or so, particularly in the English speaking world, no philosopher has attracted more notoriety, controversy and misunderstanding than Jacques Derrida.… …

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  • 49Médecins Sans Frontières — Founded 1971 Location Geneva, Switzerland Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) (pronounced [medəsɛ̃ sɑ̃ fʁɔ̃tjɛʁ] ( …

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  • 50library — /luy brer ee, breuh ree, bree/, n., pl. libraries. 1. a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or… …

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