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1 day ago · The brain is the physical organ responsible for most or all mental functions. The modern English word mind originates from the Old English word gemynd, meaning "memory". This term gave rise to the Middle English words mind(e), münd(e), and mend(e), resulting in a slow expansion of meaning to cover all mental capacities.
- Thought
The Thinker by Rodin (1840–1917), in the garden of the Musée...
- Mind–Body Problem
René Descartes' illustration of mind–body dualism.Descartes...
- Phenomena
The combustion of a match is an observable occurrence, or...
- Thought
1 day ago · Rock Stylistic origins Rock and roll blues electric blues rhythm and blues soul jazz American folk and western rockabilly folk country Cultural origins 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, US, UK Typical instruments Guitar bass drums keyboards piano Derivative forms New wave post-progressive progressive pop Subgenres Acid rock alternative rock arena rock art rock beat music Christian rock death rock ...
- 1950s and 1960s, US and UK
- Electric guitar, bass guitar, drums
6 hours ago · While psychology has tended to focus on the individual as the locus of creativity, sociological research is directed more at the structures and context within which creative activity takes place, primarily based in sociology of culture, which finds its roots in the works of Marx, Durkheim, and Weber. This has meant a focus on the cultural and ...
6 hours ago · An example of how modernist art can be both revolutionary and traditional is the music of the composer Arnold Schoenberg. On the one hand, Schoenberg rejected traditional tonal harmony, the hierarchical system of organizing works of music that had guided music-making for at least a century and a half. He believed he had discovered a wholly new ...
6 hours ago · Devil in society Historical and anthropological research suggests that nearly all societies have developed the idea of a sinister and anti-human force that can hide itself within society. This commonly involves a belief in witches, a group of individuals who invert the norms of their society and seek to harm their community, for instance by engaging in incest, murder, and cannibalism ...
1 day ago · In addition to the educational psychology of Lev Vygotsky and the pedagogy of Paulo Freire, Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis' Schooling in Capitalist America is a study of educational reform in the U.S. and its relationship to the reproduction of capitalism and the possibilities of utilizing its contradictions in the revolutionary movement.
1 day ago · Part of a series on Social generations of the Western world Lost Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby boomers Generation X Millennials Generation Z Generation Alpha Generation Z (often shortened to Gen Z), colloquially known as Zoomers, is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as ...
