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• Philosophy of mind [r]: Philosophical discipline which deals with the nature of, and knowledge of, the mind, the brain and mental functions and phenomena. ^[e]
• Thinking, fast and slow [r]: Daniel Kahneman's view of how the mind works, in which he draws upon recent developments in cognitive and social psychology. ^[e] A book review.

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• Behaviorism [r]: A major branch of psychology, started by Ivan Pavlov, which characterizes behavior in terms of stimuli and responses ^[e]
• Evolutionary psychology [r]: The comparative study of the nervous system and its relation to behaviour across species. ^[e]
• Evolutionary psychology controversy [r]: The various criticisms of evolutionary psychology, as well as counterarguments to these criticisms. ^[e]

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• Brain [r]: The core unit of a central nervous system. ^[e]
• Cognition [r]: The central nervous system's processing of information relevant to interacting with itself and its internal and external environment. ^[e]
• Consciousness [r]: Sense of awareness of self and of the environment. ^[e]
• Memory [r]: The cognitive processes that lead to the retaining and recalling of past experience. ^[e]
• Model-dependent realism [r]: A philosophical position that all we can know about reality consists of networks of world pictures that explain observations by connecting them by rules to concepts defined in models. ^[e]
• Perception [r]: The reception of information by the nervous system. ^[e]
• Reality [r]: Various concepts in philosophy and science presenting diverse views of what categories of entities, if any, do or do not qualify as existing absolutely, self-sufficiently and objectively irrespective of human presence. ^[e]
• Model-dependent reality [r]: A model or picture consisting of the combination of any set of observations accompanied by theoretical concepts that explain and connect those observations. ^[e]
• Stoicism [r]: School of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens, in the early 3rd century BC, who believed destructive emotions to be the result of errors in judgment, and that a sage, or person of 'moral and intellectual perfection,' would not undergo such emotions. ^[e]

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• Atheism [r]: Absence of belief in any god or other supernatural beings. ^[e]
• Augustine of Hippo [r]: (November 13 354–August 28 430) Bishop and Doctor of the Church. ^[e]
• Daniel C. Dennett [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Evolutionary psychology controversy [r]: The various criticisms of evolutionary psychology, as well as counterarguments to these criticisms. ^[e]
• Hinduism [r]: A diffuse set of cultural and religious practices that originated on the Indian subcontinent. ^[e]
• Islam [r]: Religion founded by Muhammad whose sacred book is the Qur'an (Koran). ^[e]
• Liberalism [r]: Economic and political doctrine advocating free enterprise, free competition and free will. A shortcut word grouping a swath of people who allegedly hold similar values. The liberal ideal does not really exist, as no two people would likely define it exactly the same. Some of the generalizations that people make about liberals include that they are open to social change, not tied to traditional family values, not militaristic, lacking in fiscal restraint, and socially tolerant. ^[e]
• Martin Luther [r]: German theologian and monk (1483-1546); led the Reformation; believed that salvation is granted on the basis of faith rather than deeds. ^[e]
• Metaphysics [r]: Branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the nature of the world. ^[e]
• Omnipotence paradox [r]: Family of related paradoxes addressing the question of what is possible for an omnipotent being to do. ^[e]
• Omniscience [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Pantheism [r]: Add brief definition or description