Word: argumentative
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...theory of mind-body dualism. This brilliant man did not contend that the mind had no influence on the body, or the body on the mind. In letters to friends who were ill, he urged them to keep objects that they liked around them to raise their spirits. His argument held that the mind was simply a different substance from the body. Even as scientists identify the various electronic and chemical signals of the brain, they cannot say with certainty how the signals function. Descartes's theory of the brain could not fully explain how it worked either. RACHEL WALLACE...
...hasn't done very much to bring about peace in the Middle East; in fact, it has allowed a bad situation to grow worse. And it was misleading because a stronger Israel is very much embedded in the rationale for war with Iraq. It is a part of the argument that dare not speak its name, a fantasy quietly cherished by the neo-conservative faction in the Bush Administration and by many leaders of the American Jewish community...
TIME: This tax-break-for-the-rich argument will be tough to overcome. What might a final version look like...
...India vs. Bangladesh: An argument over the citizenship of a group of snake charmers trying to cross into India inflamed debate over the number of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in India (Dhaka says none; New Delhi says 20 million...
More importantly, it is inconsistent to oppose hitting in women’s hockey while supporting hitting in men’s hockey. The assumption behind this argument is that men should risk more injuries to play an aesthetically less-pleasing game. Men and women should play by the same rules—and those rules should allow checking...