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Look up: volition

  1. volition
    [n] - the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention 2. [n] - the act of making a choice
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. volition
    In philosophical psychology and the philosophy of mind, the act of willing. Philosophers who hold that mind and body are different substances (dualists) tend to hold that volitions cause actions,...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  3. Volition
    Vo·li'tion noun [ French, from Latin volo I will, velle to will, be willing. See Voluntary .] 1. The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a purpose; the exercise of the will. « Volition is the actual exercise of the power the mind has to order the consideration of any idea, or the forbearing to consider it.» Locke. « Volit ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/34

  4. volition
    Voluntary activity without external compulsion. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. volition
    willing noun the act of making a choice; `followed my father of my own volition`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. volition
    will noun the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention; `the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt`- George Meredith
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. Volition
    `Volition` can mean: *Volition (psychology) *Volition (linguistics) *Volition, Inc. is also a computer game developer, currently owned by THQ. *Volition Records, a record label
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volition

  8. volition
    (vo-lish´әn) the act or power of willing. adj., voli´tional, adj. .
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  9. Volition
    • (n.) The power of willing or determining; will. • (n.) The result of an act or exercise of choosing or willing; a state of choice. • (n.) The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a purpose; the exercise of the will.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. volition
    (from the article `mind, philosophy of`) Intellect and emotion often come to expression in volition and action, important topics in the philosophy of mind—topics that comprise such concepts ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/34


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23 November 2009

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At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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