Of course, I do not mean by the title of this paper to deny the existence of something called ‘the mind’. But I do mean to call into question appeals to it in analyzing cognitive notions such as understanding and knowing, where its domain is taken to be independent of what one might find out in cognitive science. In this respect, I am expressing the skepticism of Sellars in “Empiricism and the ...

Six years ago I asserted in print, with some sense of daring, that it was time to admit that the term mental retardation was a myth, a " false and unhelpful categorization of people with very diverse needs and characteristics " (Smith, 2002, p. 64). I quoted from Thomas Ssasz's (1960) classic work, The Myth of Mental Illness, and described the term mental retardation as being " scientifically w...

some linguists believe that word in arabic language was initially based on one syllabus; orators have changed them according to the special countries, tribes and societies. they have contrived special acumen for any prefixes, suffixes and affixes addition. some other linguists believed that word was initially formed based on three letters, and thus different accents and languages were ramified ...

this article reflects the mythical story of “kaveh and zahak” from ferdowsi’s shahnameh in the “rajol-e siāsi” short story, written by sayyed mohammad jamalzadeh in his “yeki bood-yeki nabood” (“once upon a time”) collection, and discusses the similarities of the two. the foundation of the “kaveh and zahak” tale is the eternal battle between “good and evil” and, as the greatest and the most pal...

mountains and trees have many similarities. in this way, simorgh of shahnameh shifts from the tree of vispobish to alborz mountain. if simorgh has spiritual existence in avesta, a devilish side has been added to it in shahnameh. in avesta, it lives on a tree, but in shahnameh we find him on alborz mountain. all the researches done on shahnameh and iranian mythology did not pay any attention to ...

the conception and creation of eternal samples is one of the most evident efforts made by man from the very beginning of human life when he observed death and mortality and found all the world's manifestations prone to collapse and destruction. one of the most significant images related to the concept of externality and immortality is circular symbols. in fact, man has represented the conc...

In this paper we make a contribution to the theoretical and empirical discourses regarding Web-based communities and online social interaction. The significance of myth-making within a web-based community is the primary consideration for this paper. This phenomenon provides the critical framework for deconstructing and understanding the interaction and identification of participants within Web-...

Two experiments measured the cardiovascular responses of fourth- and fifth- grade boys to tasks that were relevant to Type A characteristics. Boys were classified as Type A or Type B by the Adolescent Structured Interview (ASI) and Matthews Youth Test for Health (MYTH). Results showed that ASI and MYTH assessments were significantly and moderately correlated--a finding similar to the associatio...

The false perceptions from the "Model Minority Myth" mask reality of myth’s harm in obscuring racism that is seen through forms microaggressions, lack representation American political leadership, and implementation a racial hierarchy. As model minority myth continues to be embodied, Asian Americans face generalizations invalidate individual experience. Although perceived as “positive” stereoty...