Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Spoken or written information which explains how something is used or how to do something.  

To put someone into an institution.  

A condition in which someone has become so adapted to life in an institution that it is impossible for him or her to live outside it. A condition brought about by a prolonged stay in an impersonal institution. The individual becomes apathetic and listless as a result of inadequate stimulation in an uninteresting environment. The…

Automatic or unconscious rather than planned.  

To put a liquid in something drop by drop.  

An arched top part of the foot. The curved region of the foot located between the heel and the ball. The curved region on the top surface of the human foot.  

The act of removing water from a solution to make it thicker. The process of the drying or thickening of fluids or excretions by evaporation. Thickening by evaporation or absorption of fluid. The thickening or drying out of fluids due to dehydration or evaporation. When secretions in the airways become too dense, it can result…

Referring to breathing in.  

A person who has insomnia.  

The fibre in bread and cereals, which is not digested but which swells inside the intestine.