In the first edition of his Critique of Pure Reason, Kant stresses the indispensability of this faculty in the synthesis of the sensible and the intellectual — a faculty he describes as «a blind but indispensable function of the soul, without which we should have no knowledge whatsoever» (CPR 112). (religion-online.org)
Now, a team led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that astrocytes, which perform many indispensable functions in the brain, can take on a villainous character, destroying nerve cells and likely driving many neurodegenerative diseases. (sciencedaily.com)
Science is increasingly revealing that microorganisms living in your gut are there performing indispensable functions. (articles.mercola.com)