Word: strictness
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...then 21, for "inappropriate behavior" as leader of a local troop, and to subsequent incidents involving his attempts to organize boys' sports clubs in the area. Or it might have arisen from his fascination with handguns, which he obtained as long as 20 years ago and owned legally despite strict British laws. But whatever its origins, the culmination came at around 9 a.m. Wednesday when Hamilton left his shabby bachelor apartment and headed for the school. A neighbor, Kathleen Kerr, 71, said he waved to her as he stepped into a car. "He seemed cheerful and perfectly happy," she said...
Some laypeople (like me, for example) have trouble seeing the difference between these two views--between saying consciousness doesn't exist and saying it is nothing more than the brain. In any event, both versions of strict materialism put a damper on cosmic speculation. As strict materialism became more mainstream, many philosophers talked as if the mind-body problem was no great problem. Consciousness became almost passe...
...line Dennett takes in defending his teacher's school of thought. Dennett notes that AI is progressing, creating smart machines that process data somewhat the way human beings do. As this trend continues, he believes, it will become clearer that we're all machines, that Ryle's strict materialism was basically on target, that the mind-body problem is in principle solved. The title of Dennett's 1991 book says it all: Consciousness Explained...
...spring training, they're really not that strict about the rules. Spring training's a little more laid back...
...action should be taken to remove the child from the dangerous situation. However, older children know that they can manipulate the system by saying that they have been abused, when in fact they have not. Teenagers know that if they want to get even with their parent for being strict, they can claim physical or sexual abuse. Parents are often presumed guilty without a trial...