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Aphantasia, the inability to form mental images, poses a serious challenge to an influential theory of abstract thought in the history of philosophy. The study by researchers at the University of ...

Theory: The dreads and dangers of abstract thinking are a big reason why we now all like to stay so busy and bombarded with stimuli all the time. Abstract thinking tends most often to strike during ...

With the rise of chatbots—computer programs designed to simulate human conversation—and now LLMs, many believe that a computer using LLMs would be able to convince the interrogator that it was human, ...

Simply Telling Students to 'Discuss' Does Not Develop Their Ability to DiscussChapter 1: What is 'Concrete and ...

Note that this author, Dr. Ann Olson, has published a book entitled Illuminating Schizophrenia: Insights into the Uncommon Mind. This book is available for purchase on the amazon.com website. Concrete ...

Associate Professor of History of Philosophy Roomet Jakapi (left) and Associate Professor of Theoretical Philosophy Uku Tooming (right), University of Tartu. Photo: Ruth Jürjo / University of Tartu.

Simply Saying 'Discuss' Does Not Raise Students Who Can DiscussChapter 1: What is 'Concrete and Abstract'?Chapter 2: ...