Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

An educational institution that is privately owned and operated that function as a for-profit institution and subject to taxation. A nonpublic or private school providing education primarily as a business for profit. The term most often refers to postsecondary schools teaching noncollege subjects, such as cosmetology or secretarial skills, or providing coaching for college-related examinations,…

A health and medical facility (hospital) owned and operated by private individuals or corporations as a for-profit organization or as a for-profit investment. A hospital operated for the purpose of making a profit for its owners. Proprietary hospitals are often owned by physicians for the care of their own and others’ patients. There is also…

Over-the-counter drug.  

The chemical or generic name for barbiturates.  

The logic used to judge the value of arguments that combine propositions, e.g., “if- then” arguments, “both-and” arguments, and “either-or” arguments.  

A significant factor in scientific theory construction. A statement about a concept or about the relationship between concepts. A proposition may be an assumption, a premise, a theorem, or a hypothesis.  

A mental process needed to make quantitative comparisons of proportions.  

Jargon for people who support and are engaged in making pornography available to others.  

The increase in attraction-based relationships as geographic distance decreases.  

A medical treatment that prevents the onset of a disease to which the patient was exposed.