While I've never claimed to be a math whiz, and my head spins at the mere thought of a word problem: ("If a car is traveling from San Diego to Los Angeles at 70 MPH, and the headwinds are 10 MPH, what did the driver have for lunch?") even I can figure out the following equation..
The metaphor therefore struggles to capture the dynamic, flowing nature of thought, a problem addressed by the psychologist and philosopher William James, who likened mental life to a stream, a sequence of thoughts and impressions that is never the same thing for long.
In other words, it is scientific naturalists and scientifically naturalistic philosophers of mind who are most inclined to see this representational aspect of thought as a problem, and who are especially concerned to solve that problem.3.
Bounce ideas off of him and ask him to help guide your thoughts through a problem or source of confusion.
Although thought of as a psychological problem, the eating disorder anorexia nervosa often runs in families, suggesting that it has a genetic component.
This will be my second Christmas as someone with gastroenterological problems and last year the thought of a huge Christmas dinner was nothing short of overwhelming.
By Erin Overbey August 8, 2011 The heads of Standard Statistics and of Poor's Publishing Company recently decided to merge, but they did so with no thought of one serious problem that came up.
As I twisted on the vine, desperately trying to keep my friends and family satisfied--unable to realize the expectations I was running so hard to meet were expectations I had myself created--I thought of my "yes" problem as exclusive to my personal relationships.
The thought of causing problems for England at Twickenham, where Scotland have not won for 30 years, must be giving Ryan sleepless nights.
To see British politicians adopting the Christian right's misogynistic and anti-sex attitudes is frankly terrifying; a lot scarier – funnily enough – than the thought of an earthquake sent from God. Whose problem is it anyway?
