The Thomistic proof of the immateriality of human reason consists in the argument from the fact that intellection has as its object not empirical particulars but abstract universals. A standard objection against dualism plays up the problem with the causal influence of the soul on the body (psychophysical problem). The Thomistic solution depends on the hylemorphic conception of the soul as substantial form of body, i.e. on the view that the human soul is (also) that in virtue of which a human body has those essential properties which it has., Thomistický důkaz o nevýznamnosti lidského rozumu spočívá v argumentu ze skutečnosti, že inteligence nemá za cíl empirické údaje, ale abstraktní univerzály. Standardní námitka proti dualismu hraje problém s kauzálním vlivem duše na tělo (psychofyzický problém). Thomistické řešení závisí na hylemorfním pojetí duše jako podstatné formy těla, tj. Na názoru, že lidská duše je (také) to, na jejímž základě má lidské tělo ty základní vlastnosti, které má., and David Peroutka
Adults of Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata are very active at room temperature, and their almost continuous struggling in the respirometer prevents the measurements of the patterns of gas exchange, body movements and heartbeat. The tonic immobility of beetles was evoked by light flashes and by shaking as external stimuli. The immediate reaction to these stimuli was the reflexive closing of the spiracles and the cessation of CO2 release for some minutes, which was followed by a large burst of this gas. The state of the evoked tonic immobility did not influence heartbeat and abdominal pulsations, but the periodically -occurring abdominal-thoracic pumping movements stopped for 2-5 minutes. During the periods of pumping ventilation the metabolic rate was increased about two times.The state of tonic immobility evoked by light flashes lasted 2-6 minutes, but when shaking was applied as a stimulus complete immobility was about two times longer.