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51Democritus of Abdera — (c. 460– c. 370 BC) Along with Leucippus, the founder of classical atomism . He was known as very widely travelled, and was called the laughing philosopher. There is a legend, related by Tertullian although denied by Plutarch, that in order to… …
52Lamarckism — The doctrine that offspring may inherit the acquired characteristics of their parents (that is, the features they acquired during their lives, rather than those with which they were genetically endowed). In fact the view of the French botanist… …
53memory — The power of the mind to think of a past that no longer exists poses both empirical, psychological problems, and more abstract philosophical ones. The scientist wants to know how the brain stores its memories, and whether the mechanism is similar …
54Orch-OR — (Orchestrated Objective Reduction) is a theory of consciousness, which is the joint work of theoretical physicist Sir Roger Penrose and anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff. Mainstream theories assume that consciousness emerges from the brain, and… …
55Quantum mind — theories are based on the premise that quantum mechanics is necessary to fully understand the mind and brain, particularly concerning an explanation of consciousness. This approach is considered a minority opinion in science, although it does… …
56Ionian School — The Ionian School, a type of Greek philosophy centred in Miletus, Ionia in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, is something of a misnomer. Although Ionia was a centre of Western philosophy, the scholars it produced, including Anaximander, Anaximenes,… …
57Mechanician — Mechanist redirects here. For a person who subscribes to the philosophy, see Mechanism (philosophy). A mechanician is an engineer or a scientist working in the field of mechanics, or in a related or sub field: engineering or computational… …
58teleology — teleological /tel ee euh loj i keuhl, tee lee /, teleologic, adj. teleologically, adv. teleologism, n. teleologist, n. /tel ee ol euh jee, tee lee /, n. Philos. 1. the doctrine that final causes exist. 2. the study …
59Critical realism — Philosophy ( …
60mind–body dualism — ▪ philosophy in philosophy, any theory that mind and body are distinct kinds of substances or natures. This position implies that mind and body not only differ in meaning but refer to different kinds of entities. Thus, a dualist would… …
