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  2. Mental representation - Wikipedia

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    Mental representation is the mental imagery of things that are not actually present to the senses. [ 3] In contemporary philosophy, specifically in fields of metaphysics such as philosophy of mind and ontology, a mental representation is one of the prevailing ways of explaining and describing the nature of ideas and concepts .

  3. List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    The life expectancy among adults was much higher; [280] a 21-year-old man in medieval England, for example, could expect to live to the age of 64. [281] [280] However, in various places and eras, life expectancy was noticeably lower, for example, monks often died in their 20s or 30s. [282]

  4. Michel de Montaigne - Wikipedia

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    Michel de Montaigne. Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne ( / mɒnˈteɪn / mon-TAYN; [ 4] French: [miʃɛl ekɛm də mɔ̃tɛɲ]; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592 [ 5] ), commonly known as Michel de Montaigne, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre.

  5. Imagination - Wikipedia

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    Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Imagination is the production of sensations, feelings and thoughts informing oneself. [ 1] These experiences can be re-creations of past experiences, such as vivid memories with imagined changes, or completely invented and possibly fantastic scenes. [ 2]

  6. Human nature - Wikipedia

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    For example, an oak tree is made of plant cells (matter); grows from an acorn (effect); exhibits the nature of oak trees (form); and grows into a fully mature oak tree (end). According to Aristotle, human nature is an example of a formal cause. Likewise, our 'end' is to become a fully actualized human being (including fully actualizing the mind).

  7. Free association (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Free association (psychology) Free association is the expression (as by speaking or writing) of the content of consciousness without censorship as an aid in gaining access to unconscious processes. [ 1] The technique is used in psychoanalysis (and also in psychodynamic theory) which was originally devised by Sigmund Freud out of the hypnotic ...

  8. Personality - Wikipedia

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    Concepts. Lists. Psychology portal. v. t. e. Personality is any person 's collection of interrelated behavioral, cognitive and emotional patterns that comprise a person’s unique adjustment to life. [ 1] These interrelated patterns are relatively stable, but can change over long time periods. [ 2][ 3] Although there is no consensus definition ...

  9. Gestalt psychology - Wikipedia

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    Gestalt psychology is often associated with the adage, "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts". In Gestalt theory, information is perceived as wholes rather than disparate parts which are then processed summatively. As used in Gestalt psychology, the German word Gestalt ( / ɡəˈʃtælt, - ˈʃtɑːlt / gə-SHTA (H)LT, [ 4][ 5] German ...