Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In biology, situated away from or opposite the mouth.  

Pertaining to either unusually low or unusually high intelligence.  

Any behavior that includes at least one of the following characteristics: (a) extreme social deviance, (b) subjective distress, or (c) psychological handicap.  

A treatment by the removal or eradication of a body part.  

The absence of life.  

Obsolete doctrine of the origin of life from lifeless matter. Spontaneous generation of life; theoretical production of living organisms from nonliving matter.  

A theory characterized by a wage determination concept based on the employer’s ability to pay certain wage rates.  

Organizing learners into homogeneous groups based on perceived intellectual ability resulting from intelligence tests and previous performances.  

A pattern of behavioral tendencies responsible for skillful performance in a variety of related tasks. An atypical antipsychotic agent used to treat schizophrenia. The brand name for aripiprazole. An individual’s performance capability for a given task, based on genetic makeup and learning.  

The tendency to move away from a stimulus or situation, adient.