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  • 31Survened — Survene Sur*vene , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Survened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Survening}.] [F. survenir. See {Supervene}.] To supervene upon; to come as an addition to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A suppuration that survenes lethargies. Harvey. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 32Survening — Survene Sur*vene , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Survened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Survening}.] [F. survenir. See {Supervene}.] To supervene upon; to come as an addition to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A suppuration that survenes lethargies. Harvey. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 33follow — I. verb Etymology: Middle English folwen, from Old English folgian; akin to Old High German folgēn to follow Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to go, proceed, or come after < followed the guide > 2. a. to engage in as a calling or way&#8230; …

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  • 34Functionalism (philosophy of mind) — Functionalism is a theory of the mind in contemporary philosophy, developed largely as an alternative to both the identity theory of mind and behaviourism. Its core idea is that mental states (beliefs, desires, being in pain, etc.) are&#8230; …

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  • 35Many-minds interpretation — The many minds interpretation of quantum mechanics extends the many worlds interpretation by proposing that the distinction between worlds should be made at the level of the mind of an individual observer. The concept was first introduced in 1970 …

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  • 36Exclusion principle (philosophy) — For other uses, see Exclusion principle (disambiguation)The Exclusion principle is a philosophical principle that states::If an event e causes event e* , then there is no event e# such that e# is non supervenient on e and e# causes e* .In&#8230; …

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  • 37Metaphysical naturalism — This article is about the worldview. For the methodological paradigm, see Methodological naturalism. Part of a series on Irreligion …

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  • 38Philosophy of mind — A phrenological mapping[1] of the brain. Phrenology was among the first attempts to correlate mental functions with specific parts of the brain. Philosophy of mind is a branch of philosophy that studies the nature of the mind, mental even …

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  • 39supervenience — Term introduced by Hare to describe the way that ethical properties relate to other, psychological and natural properties of things. Properties of one kind, F, supervene upon those of another kind, G, when things are F in virtue of being G. Thus&#8230; …

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  • 40succeed — suc·ceed /sək sēd/ vi 1: to come next after another in office or position 2 a: to take something by succession succeed ed to his mother s estate b: to acquire the rights, obligations, and charges of a decedent in property comprising an estate …

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