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Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...laws of nature and the requirements of reason. It is, in sum, the pivotal power in which are centered those mediating, elevating, transforming functions that are so indispensable to the cognitive process that philosophers are reluctant to press them very closely. (1991,32) In The Body in the Mind: The Bodily Basis of Meaning, Imagination, and Reason (1987), Mark Johnson...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America
Languages

Intermediate Spanish: A trip across Latin America

...Law)", para lo que incluso podrían recurrir a jueces extranjeros. "Es un espacio dentro de nuestro territorio que ya no va a formar parte de nuestro territorio", resume el alcalde de Amapala, Santos Alberto García. Encuentra las palabras del texto que equivalen a las palabras en inglés de la...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Retirement planning made easy
Money & Business

Retirement planning made easy

...law dictates who gets everything. Pension plans usually have arrangements to pay some of your pension to a spouse or other dependents, so it’s important to check that you have given your pension provider up-to-date details of your dependents. You will recall from the previous section on bereavement that if you have defined contribution arrangements and you die before 75...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Obesity: balanced diets and treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

...law of thermodynamics states that energy cannot be lost, but only transformed from one form to another, the chemical energy that would have been stored in the ATP must appear somewhere else. In fact it is released from the cell in the form of heat. This uncoupling can be switched on by the release of noradrenalin from the sympathetic nerves that innervate brown adipose...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Systems thinking and practice
Digital & Computing

Systems thinking and practice

...laws, policies and programmes under which services are provided. To call all of this a ‘system’ is not to imply that it has well-defined, consensual goals and co-ordinated programmes for achieving them. The institutions included in the blindness system tend, in fact, to behave in a fragmented and disorganised way. In this sense, it is a non-system. Nevertheless, all...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...law, medicine or mechanics, but it could also be a personal hobby, such as a sport. Think about subjects you know really well, and think about how you could get to know them in your other languages too. Curiosity: Curiosity is one of the best attributes you can have as a translator. It will help you to learn new skills, research unfamiliar subjects, look up unfamiliar...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Reading and note taking – preparation for study
Society, Politics & Law

Reading and note taking – preparation for study

...Law Review, 83–8 Smith D J and Gray J (1985) Police and People in London: The PSI Report. Aldershot: Gower Stevens P and Willis C (1979) Race, Crime and Arrests. Home Office Research Study No 58. London: HMSO Walker M (1987) ‘Interpreting Race and Crime Statistics’, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Part 1: 39–56 Source: Croall, 1998, p.158 Discussion We...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing the psychology of our relationships with fictional villains

...law and order who are out to bring the assassin down. You will notice that the writers so far have pointed out that they can vary who the reader feels empathy with to achieve different effects with their readers and that is also a feature picked out by Craig Robertson in the next video...Week 2: How literature affects us psychologically: 3.4 Craig Robertson - [A...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs