PHIL 625 Philosophy of Psychology 3(3,0) Detailed examination of psychology as an autonomous science. Issues include explanation in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, psychology naturalized as a “special science” comparable to biology and geology, evolutionary psychology, philosophy and psychopathology, and moral issues in psychology. Preq: Nine hours of psychology or consent of instructor....

This paper outlines the interdisciplinary nature, collaborative work patterns and role of aesthetics in the Cuthbert Hall Virtual College research project at the Cambridge University Moving Image Studio (CUMIS) and the Centre for Applied Research in Education Technology (CARET). The project identifies key properties of dramatically engaging real-time three-dimensional virtual environments (RT 3...

This article describes the accurateness of our application namely Self-Developed Aesthetics Measurement Application (SDA) in measuring the aesthetics aspect by comparing the results of our application and users’ perceptions in measuring the aesthetics of the web page interfaces. For this research, the positions of objects, images element and texts element are defined as objects in a web page in...

Issues of visual appeal have become an integral part of designing interactive systems. Interface aesthetics may form users' attitudes towards computer applications and information technology. Aesthetics can affect user satisfaction, and influence their willingness to buy or adopt a system. This study follows previous studies that found that users associate aesthetics with other system attribute...

This paper investigates the problem of automated text aesthetics prediction. The availability of user generated content and ratings, e.g. Flickr, has induced research in aesthetics prediction for non-text domains, particularly for photographic images. This problem, however, has yet not been explored for the text domain. Due to the very subjective nature of text aesthetics, it is difficult to co...

Current environmental and health challenges require us to identify ways to better align aesthetics, ecology, and health. At the local level, community gardens are increasingly praised for their therapeutic qualities. They also provide a lens through which we can explore relational processes that connect people, ecology and health. Using key-informant interview data, this research explores garde...

abstract mohammad mehdi javaheri is undoubtedly the greatest arab poet of contemporary classical poetry. he came to iran several times and was astonished by its beauty. this led to describe the nature of iran. but this part of his poetry, like his other poems, has not been considered by researchers. therefore, this study aims to analyze his poems on the iranian nature.  the important findings o...

the aesthetics of the stories of holy quran means identification of beauty and art in its expression. the quran is not a book of fictions, but its real stories, with religious and educational purpose, have artistically been expressed, with a rhetorical style and dynamic images that one can realize its artistic aspects in content and structure. the geometric structure of its stories makes it pos...