Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

A philosophy, particularly promoted by John Dewey, that focuses on the practical application of knowledge. The belief that the practical application of a principle should be the determining factor in decision making. The belief that the complete significance of an idea is found in its real-world outcomes.  

The rules for the appropriate and effective use of language. In speech and language pathology, the social or interpersonal context of language (i.e., knowing how to use spoken language appropriately with other speakers).  

The use of one’s knowledge in a particular profession. The practice of medicine is the exercise of one’s knowledge in the promotion of health and treatment of disease. The business, or the premises occupied by, a doctor, dentist, or a group of doctors or dentists working together. The fact of doing something, as opposed to…

In epidemiology, the existence of significance if the findings have important implications within the conceptual context of the study.  

The theory that children identify with persons who control rewards and punishments, whether the children receive the rewards or punishments.  

A group of people in a community whose power often supersedes that of the authority structure and that usually functions for the satisfaction of its own interests.  

Techniques of parental discipline based on parents’ physical power and control of resources.  

A condition in which a person or family has an income below a governmentally determined level. The condition of having an inadequate supply of money, resources, goods, or means of subsistence. A difficult concept to define in practice, there is no single national definition of poverty. Three of the most commonly cited measures are the…

A person who is a habitual user of marijuana.  

The phenomenon whereby the use of one drug intensifies the effect of a second drug.