Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The condition or quality of being long-lived. Life span.  

The fear that one may be left alone or left out and thus have to spend one’s life in solitude.  

An emotional state in which a person feels a lack of social relationships, or Ones that produced little or no satisfaction. The anxious, depressed, or dysphoric mood that occurs as a result of physical or psychic isolation. Personal situation in which there is little or no close emotional or social support from others.  

Part of the back between the ribs and hip bones. The lower back part of the body above the buttocks. The region of the back and side of the body between the lowest rib and the pelvis. The name applied to the part of the back between the lower ribs and the pelvis. The lower…

Writing systems in which picture symbols stand for words.  

A form of intellectualization in which contradictory devices or attitudes are sealed off in separate areas of consciousness.  

The exponent that indicates the power to which a number must be raised to produce a given number.  

Muscular uncoordination usually resulting from syphilitic damage to the spinal cord pathways. The uncoordinated movements and unsteady lurching gait that occurs in the tertiary stage of untreated syphilis. The unsteady walk of an individual affected by tabes dorsalis, a condition that results from untreated syphilis.  

A mnemonic device that involves associating items to be learned with familiar locations or places.  

The discharge from the uterus and vagina that takes place during the first few weeks following childbirth endometrium. A discharge from the vagina after childbirth or abortion. Discharge from the vagina after childbirth. The discharge gradually decreases in amount and changes in color (from red to yellowish to gray-white) during the 6 weeks following childbirth.…