Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The thing speaks for itself. Literally, ”the facts speak for themselves.” In malpractice, a legal doctrine or presumption that, when an injury occurs to a plaintiff through a situation under the sole and exclusive control of the defendant and where such injury would not normally occur if the one in control had used due care,…

A period following the active phase of schizophrenia, in which motivation, social interaction, and self-care are wanting.  

Pain that persists for 1-4 days after vigorous physical activity.  

The benefit paid because of a reduction of earnings resulting from a disability.  

A stockpile or pool. A cavity in an organ or group of tissues in which fluids collect and are stored. An organism in which a parasite lives and develops without damaging it, but from which the parasite then passes to another species which is damaged by it. A part of a machine or piece of…

A situation following integration in which segregation returns.  

The surgical cutting away of tissue. To remove any part of the body by surgery. To cut off or cut out a portion of a structure or organ, as to cut off the end of a bone or to remove a segment of the intestine.  

A learner-centered method that affords the learner an opportunity to develop a research design and to carry it through to a conclusion.  

Cutting, prying, digging, and pulling tools used to free entrapped persons. A piece of equipment used by rescuers in emergency medical service to free trapped victims. Rescue tools include a come-a-long, a hand-operated winch used to gain forceful entry during a rescue; cutting tools, used to cut open vehicles and metal to gain access to…