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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...cable. People - in the very far future - may be able to harbour the same emotions, chemically or otherwise induced in them. One brain could directl... ...e warmth and comfort of being reassured and directed from the outside, through the reactions of the reference group, or should he consider the view... ...mpairment is flawed ... using this ill-substantiated cause- and-effect to tell the 'chemical generation' that they are brain damaged when they are n... ... parameters remain unchanged. Hormonal discharges, neural conductivity, biochemical reactions – all acquire new values. But these are secondary reac... ...parameters when faced with danger. We could reasonably expect them to change their chemical reactions, the compounds that they contain, other elect... ...s when faced with danger. We could reasonably expect them to change their chemical reactions, the compounds that they contain, other electrical and... ...Evolution, as an instrument of adaptation. Should we adopt this view, certain human reactions - e.g., opposition to change and religious and ideolog... ...ied realm(=set of terms). People are trying to define life or love by resorting to chemical reactions. This reductionism inevitably and invariably ... ...ue that a definition must include all the necessary conditions to the definiendum. Chemical reactions are a necessary condition to life. But they a...

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