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    insomnia and obesity is strongest in young and middle-age adults. Effects of Insomnia on growth. Highest levels of growth hormones are released into the bloodstream when we are sleeping. Although release of growth hormones is a continuous process and our body releases these growth hormones throughout the day and night but the level of release is highest during night and when we are sleeping. Because insomnia or sleep deprivation results in a decrease in the release of these hormones‚ there is an adverse

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    If God is perfectly good and the source of all that is‚ how is there room for error or falsehood? Descartes attempts to answer this question in Meditation IV: On Truth and Falsity. “If I’ve gotten everything in me from God and He hasn’t given me the ability to make errors‚ it doesn’t seem possible for me ever to error. (Descartes‚ Meditation IV: On Truth and Falsity).” The framework of his arguments center on the Great Chain of Being‚ in which God’s perfect goodness is relative to His perfect being

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    Unit 3: The conscious self AOS 1: Mind‚ brain and body AREA OF STUDY 1 Mind‚ brain and body Consciousness  Consciousness refers to our level of awareness of our internal world‚ that is‚ our own personal thoughts‚ feelings and perceptions‚ external world‚ that is‚ our surroundings during any particular time‚ as well as our own existence. Psychological construct (or hypothetical construct) refers to hypothetical ideas regarding a phenomenon that is believed to exist however cannot be directly

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    DESCARTES’ COGITO ARGUMENT Discourse‚ Part Four‚ pg. 19 – 20 1. Anything that is the slightest bit open to doubt‚ I reject as completely false. 2. My senses sometimes deceive me therefore they are open to doubt. 3. Everything that comes to me through the senses should be rejected as completely false. (1‚ 2) 4. My reasoning‚ like that of any other human being‚ is fallible and therefore open to doubt. 5. All conclusions that I arrive at by using my reasoning should be

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    Examine and comment on the claim that the mind and body are the same‚ with reference to the topic you have investigated. The mind and body are the same is the view that hard materialists take. Hard materialists believe that when either the body or soul dies‚ the other dies too. This means that they believe there is no after life‚ no purgatory etc. Ryle and Dawkins are hard materialists; they also think that believing in the soul is dangerous to human endeavour. Being a hard materialist‚ Dawkins

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    Essay 3: Descartes on the Method of Doubt In the Meditations on First Philosophy‚ we find Descartes at a point trying to suspend all beliefs that he held from his youth by destroying his unstable house of knowledge to build a more concrete foundation of certainty. In an attempt to rid himself of skepticism of his own beliefs‚ Descartes devises the method of doubt to eliminate all his current beliefs that could not possibly be true‚ leaving him only with the things in which he could be certain

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    Alexandra Williams Philosophy 1100 The Mind and/or Body Argument For thousands of years philosophers have acknowledged a boundary between or physical selves and our mental selves. However with the passing of time and the advancements of science whether we are governed by our minds or just our bodies has been debated more and more. There are a long line of ancient thinkers who contemplated the mind-body relationship issue starting with Plato and Aristotle (Waller‚ 2011). Without knowing what

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    Effects of the Mind-Body Connection on Learning Jason Grant COLL100 B161 American Military University Professor Allison Knox Effects of the Mind-Body Connection on Learning What is the “Mind-Body Connection” and does it have a profound effect on an individual’s learning? The mind-body connection can be explained as the physical and mental connection that our existence has on itself and the world around it. Some researchers have noted that this connection can be stronger in certain situations

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    cause of the mind-body problem. There are three main approaches to this problem‚ which each state that at least 1 of the propositions must be false. Materialism is the philosophical doctrine that minds and bodies are completely physical; they are spatial and subject to physical law. Idealism which states the world is wholly spiritual; it is neither spatial not subject to physical law but still has consciousness and intentionality. Finally‚ dualism combines these two and states that the body is physical

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    Healthy Mind Needs a Healthy Body We know that if we don’t have breakfast in the morning we will have an unhealthy body and it won’t function well. Warming up is very important especially in daily basis because‚ it helps build up our muscles and raise our heart rate. The Muscle Stretching Routine helps increase your speed and strength. Each exercise is important for any athletic routine. We should have sleep at least for 9-12 hours daily because lack of sleeping doesn’t give you a healthy brain

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