Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Someone or something that takes the place of another person or thing. A person or object in someone’s life that functions as a substitute for another person. In the treatment of sexual problems, when the patient does not have a partner to cooperate in treatment, a surrogate provided by the therapist acts as a sexual…

A policy that pays for surgical procedures usually when conducted in a hospital setting. There are usually deductible and exclusion clauses.  

A relatively superficial and modifiable trait of the personality source trait.  

The phrase organization of sentences as they are spoken or written, phrase structure underlying structure.  

A fracture of the distal end of the humerus.  

Lymph nodes located above the clavicle or collar bone.  

Psychotherapy consisting of emotional support and reassurance, for people with sexual dysfunction. A therapeutic method within psychotherapy that aims to foster encouragement and emotional sustenance for the patient, distinguishing it from insight-oriented or educational approaches to treatment.  

Treatments aimed at returning a person to a state of self-sufficiency even though a permanent disability has resulted from a disease or injury.  

A strategy for reducing drug abuse by lowering or restricting the supply of legal drugs and eliminating the supply of illegal drugs.  

The quality of muscles and joints that permits a full range of movement.