Essays on Biology

A Brain Takes Up Room A brain takes up room. But my mental states don't take up space: no matter how many worries I have, I don't need a bigger house to accommodate them all. As a result, my mental states are not the same as my brain states. Physicalism: The View...

Marine biodiversity might be seen or classified as a universal public good. The grounds for this include the fact that it cannot be achieved at the national level. In other words, this would result in the preservation of genetic diversity, on which future evolutionary evolution is dependent, as well as...

Myasthenia gravis is a long-term kind of chronic neuromuscular illness that weakens the skeletal muscles, making breathing and movement difficult. Guillain-Barre syndrome is a form of sickness in which the immune system attacks nerve cells, producing numbness, tingling, and difficulty breathing, among other symptoms (Ann & Leslee, 2014). Poor spontaneous...

People are sensible thinkers. No one in their right mind would be willing to face problems unless they have a goal or an accomplishment in mind. This is also true for international students. A majority of students who study abroad face myriads of challenges. International students leave their homes, families, and friends to venture...

Physical Continuity and Personal Identity Physical continuity, in my opinion, is insufficient as a basis for personal identity. The physical change acceptance restriction supports the concept that bodily centurion is insufficient for the maintenance of identity. Some philosophers, such as Eric Olsen, contend that physical change is the foundation of identity....

The Concept of Humanity The concept of humanity extends beyond a person's physical characteristics. The human body is only a vessel and a sum of all its parts, which, in the absence of humanity features, does not classify one as human. As a result, the concept of human includes more than...

The concept of the right to die refers to the idea that humans have the right to make decisions about their lives, including voluntary euthanasia. A patient's wish should always be honored. As it stands, the person is solely responsible for making the decision, especially when in agony. While patients...

The Zika virus is a member of the Flaviviridae virus family and is frequently spread by female Aedes aegypti mosquitos, which are active during the day. The virus can be spread through blood transfusions and sexual interaction. The virus is responsible for Zika fever and Zika Virus illness. The disease...

Introduction There was a pandemic H1N1 'Swine Flu' virus in 2009 that had not previously been identified as a source of infections among people. The H1N1 virus originated in Mexico City in a little village called La Gloria in Veracruz. The sicknesses first appeared in Mexico City the next month, and...

This philosophical inquiry tries to explain the relationships that exist between the human body and the human mind; specifically, whether the human body domain and the human mind domain are connected. Materialists believe that the human body and mind are comparable; dualists believe that they are distinct and distinct. The mind...

Diseases can be spread in a variety of ways, according to Stauffer, W. M., Konop, R. J., and Kamat, D. (2002), ranging from a simple handshake to a mixing of fluids. As a result, many people are encouraged to wash their hands after using the restroom or interacting with a...

The Perennial Questions Most political views are based on a specific conception of human nature. He contends that the amount to which people are bad is crucial to political considerations. Spiritual and ethical considerations pervade the book, which poses various questions in each chapter, such as "are human beings unequal in...