Whether I use the expression «momentary self» or the word «monad,» what I am in fact doing is setting a limit, on no validly argued grounds, to the dissolution of the «total temporary states» into a purely ad hoc combination of inexplicable and inexplicably organized collections of
bodily cells, sensations, intentions, thoughts, nervous processes, desires, and the like.
If the divine is now used to give the view a supposedly greater philosophical coherence, then I inevitably reach the sort of conclusion implied by Hartshorne's
bodily cells with their «little experiences or feelings.»
Our bodily cells are only a tiny fraction of the subhuman individuals in existence; also each of us is but one of countless individuals on our own or perhaps higher levels (recall the billions of possibly inhabited planets that astronomers believe exist).
«We die daily»: so it is often said, not only with reference to the death of
our bodily cells and their replacement by other cells every few years, but also in respect to our possible human growth.
According to Hartshorne, that human
bodily cells lack such freedom and privacy with respect to the human mind should not be objectionable to them because of their radically inferior status; but a similar relationship of inferiority - superiority among human beings would be absolutely intolerable because it would rob some of their humanity.27
Likewise, he can talk about causal interaction between the central series of experiences in the human being (the mind, or psyche) and
the bodily cells.
«But why,» you may ask, «do our feelings influence
the bodily cells?»
Love is the key to the one and the many, to causality, and to mind and body (we sympathize with
our bodily cells, especially some of them, all our waking or dreaming lives).
You say that
bodily cells or molecules are the other self most completely intuited on the Whiteheadian view, while human neighbors are mostly imagined or inferred.
But must not
the bodily cells also be imagined and inferred?
The best example of the monarchic society seems to be the case of the human personality which controls (albeit only partially) its own
bodily cells.
It is common to distinguish between genetic interventions aimed at somatic cells (
all bodily cells that are not involved in reproduction) and germ cells (that will become sperm or ova).
The study results, published in the journal Cell, revolve around iPSCs, which since their 2006 discovery have enabled researchers to coax mature (fully differentiated)
bodily cells (e.g. skin cells) to become like embryonic stem cells.
Because most
bodily cells have cortisol receptors, it affects many different functions in the body.
3 Antioxidants support the body against oxidative stress by providing a pair for unpaired electrons, subverting the damage that would otherwise be done to
bodily cells and tissues.
Mercury accumulation can gradually inhibit the responsiveness of insulin receptors in glycogen stores, fluoride in the pineal gland can cause sleep deprivation, and phthalates can increase inflammation around
the bodily cells.
There's a whole rafter of studies showing that once calcium intake gets above optimal levels, the massive influx of the mineral into
all your bodily cells can make your immune system's free radicals go berserk.
Good health depends heavily upon the function of the immune system, minimization of toxic load, and defense of
bodily cells.
Our bodily cells are not static objects, they are constantly being re-made.
«We now know that the melting points of these fats determine one of their important properties, that is their stickiness and flexibility when they are incorporated into the cell membranes of
bodily cells.
Many of these detox products are advertised as having the ability to get inside
bodily cells.
Magnesium even funnels more energy to
your bodily cells, through enhancing the creation of the molecule adenosine triphosphate.
Not exact matches
a man can not reasonably, and by himself he can not possibly, be regarded as merely a system of
cells acting upon one another, for he is directly aware of «himself» as, at the given moment, a single unit of action, a single mind or will, exerting force upon his
bodily parts and thence upon the world.
This passage clearly suggests that the
bodily organs prehend the dominant occasion, the
cells prehend the organs, and molecules prehend the
cells.
Also I have suggested that the aims of low - grade occasions in
cells do not «trickle up» to include interest in higher - grade
bodily occasions, even though the physical results of those aims may well affect the entire body.
The existing patterns of physical feeling in my brain
cells have to be deflected repeatedly by fresh novelty — now this way, now that way, in a tedious sequence of trial - and - error, before these tiny
bodily societies learn the new patterns which enable them to respond to my aims to type.
Obama's elevation of
bodily suffering above all other considerations, as he articulates it in his remarks to the press following his new executive order on stem
cell research, is clearly an expression of this Cartesian legacy, of a modern science pregnant with moral attachments.
These vitamins are responsible for a number of
bodily functions that ward off winter illness, including the regulation of T
cells (or immune system warriors) and counteracting stress hormones that lower immunity.
Protein is essential for basic
bodily functions; it helps to build new
cells whilst looking after the tissues within your body (which lets face it, is pretty essential).
Human milk is a
bodily fluid which, apart from being an excellent nutritional source for the growing infant, also contains a variety of immune components such as antibodies, growth factors, cytokines, antimicrobial compounds, and specific immune
cells [9].
Naturally present in
bodily secretions such as saliva, milk and tears, these highly reactive substances can cause damage to bacterial
cells, resulting in their death.
In a new study, Murphy, a molecular biologist at Princeton University, showed that long - lived
bodily, or somatic,
cells in Caenorhabditis elegans, a one - millimeter nematode commonly used as a model for aging studies in labs, activate genetic pathways completely separate from those found in long - lived egg, or oocyte,
cells.
The newly unmasked genes play a role in three distinctively different
bodily functions, including systems that control inflammation and cholesterol and the regulation of how brain
cells clean up toxic proteins.
It's relatively easy to remove immune
cells or blood stem
cells, edit them, and then return them to the body, but this isn't possible with most
bodily tissues.
And it's essential to understand how neurobiological processing conducted by molecules and
cells and electrical signaling gets translated into behaviors, from simple
bodily movements to complex social interactions.
«In contrast, in other
bodily tissues, the gene was silenced in normal
cells and over-expressed in tumors.
However, many of these artificial DNA nanostructures need a much higher salt concentration than that in
bodily fluids or
cell culture buffers to maintain their structure and thus their functionality.
Hussain is working with companies that 3 - D - print artificial organs to integrate his fuel
cell into an artificial kidney, where a range of
bodily fluids would provide fuel.
Animals need these as essential nutrients for a wide range of basic
bodily chores, such as gene regulation,
cell signaling and amino acid breakdown.
Toxins accumulate in our fat
cells if they are not eliminated and interrupt normal
bodily functions.
Summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of exosomes, small
cell - manufactured vesicles secreted into
bodily fluids including blood and the fluid in the eye called aqueous humor.
Although Wnts were better known because of their role as morphogens — proteins that pattern
bodily structures and determine
cell fates — Zou recently showed how members of the Wnt family served to guide pathfinding axons up and down the spinal cord by attracting or repelling receptors on the growth cones of sensory or motor nerves.
Methods for detecting tumor
cells and DNA circulating in
bodily fluids are currently under intense investigation for early detection and cancer diagnostics; however, no existing technology meets the high sensitivity and specificity requirements needed to attain these goals.
Salk researchers reprogrammed skins
cells taken from a sickle
cell disease patient into induced pluripotent stem
cells (iPSCs), immature
cells capable of developing into any type of
bodily tissue.
Gland
cells produce the secretions that constitute many common types of
bodily fluid, including semen, mucus, and saliva.
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For those of you who skipped biology class, lymph is the
bodily fluid that contains white blood
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Both excessive acidity and alkalinity can affect your
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