Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

One of the major systems of rules and principles that guide persons in making value judgments claims that values are chosen by each person as a matter of personal preference.  

A test that requires the scorer to be trained, experienced, and skilled in the responses expected from the use of the instrument. Scoring is based on the judgment of the scorer, objective test instrument.  

In moral judgment, judging an act as good or bad on the basis of the person’s intentions.  

A test instrument that requires the scorer to be trained, experienced, and skilled in the responses expected from the use of the test. Scoring is based on the judgment of the scorer.  

Experiences of excessive and inhibiting fearfulness, depression, agitation, or other disturbing emotion.  

A curriculum in which content and activities are organized around a particular subject.  

Research studies in which animals are used to broaden the researcher’s range of options when it comes to inducing stress or testing drugs, etc., and to giving the researcher greater control over conditions.  

A death that is believed to have been caused in some measure by a person’s unconscious desires.  

Hemorrhaging and swelling of the arachnoid torn by a fractured bone of the skull. Bleeding into the space between the dura mater and arachnoid layer, usually the result of a head injury. Symptoms may be delayed in appearing, but include severe headaches, forgetfulness, disorientation, and confusion. History of a fall, older age, and use of…

Surgical removal of the internal breast tissue, leaving the skin and preserving the nipple, if possible.