This work presents an Ambient Intelligence system that targets energy consumption awareness and savings. The system was deployed at the School of Science and Technology of the International Hellenic University and follows a three-layer approach. The first layer hosts devices (currently smart plugs, sensor boards and smart clampers) suited for the purpose. The second layer, namely the aWESoME mi...

In two studies, we used the Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ) to investigate the relationship between individual differences in moral philosophy, involvement in the animal rights movement, and attitudes toward the treatment of animals. In the first, 600 animal rights activists attending a national demonstration and 266 nonactivist college students were given the EPQ. Analysis of the returns...

Wittgenstein characterises ‘necessary truths’ as rules of representation that do not answer to reality. The invocation has led many compare his work with Kant's. This comparison is illuminating, but it can also be misleading. Some go far casting Wittgenstein's later philosophy a specie transcendental idealism, an interpretation continues gather support despite scholars pointing its limitations....