Eliot Shimoff 1943–2004

Editorial, Eliot R. Smith, January 2012

The beginning of a new editorial term at the Attitudes and Social Cognition section of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP) is a natural occasion for reflection on this journal’s mission. My reflection has centered on two points. First, this journal has traditionally sought to publish articles that make a meaningful theoretical advance by linking empirical findings to underly...

Building Internet of Things software with ELIoT

We present ELIOT, a development platform for Internet-connected smart devices. Unlike most solutions for the emerging “Internet of Things” (IoT), ELIOT allows programmers to implement functionality running within the networks of smart devices without necessarily leveraging the external Internet, and yet enables the integration of such functionality with Internet-wide services. ELIOT thus reconc...

V. Solanki - Abhinavagupta and Eliot: A Comparative Study of Aesthetics

An attempt at comparing the aesthetic philosophy of Abhinavagupta with the stray speculations of Eliot on art experiences may sound a little strange to western critics. Nonetheless, the similarity is too striking to ignore, and we feel that it is not merely incidental. The feeling is amply buttressed by a string of evidence showing the penetrating influence of Indian tradition on Eliot. Unfortu...

Jared Eliot, Minister, Doctor, Scientist, and His Connecticut

The harsh and demanding life of the New England colonies in the early eighteenth century produced sturdy men and women. To be a successful leader among them required wisdom and determination. Jared Eliot won distinction as a leader. His intellect, compassion, vigor, and good sense must have been extraordinary, for he served his fellow man as clergyman, physician, educator, and agriculturist. Wh...

Narratives of Irony: Alienation, Representation, and Ethics in Carlyle, Eliot, and Pater