EVE’ is a novel theory of aesthetic response, whose atomic components are Expectations (E), Violations (V) and Explanations (E’) – formulated computationally via Bayesian extensions to information theory. To motivate EVE’, this paper reviews the philosophical aesthetics of Aristotle and the computational aesthetics of Birkhoff and Bense. This review highlights some psychological limitations in ...

Despite growing scholarly interest in aesthetic dimensions of organizational life, there is a lack of literature expressly engaging with the methodological mechanics of ‘doing aesthetics research’. This article addresses that gap. It begins with an overview of the conceptual idiosyncrasies of ‘aesthetics’ as a facet of human existence and maps out the challenges these pose for empirical researc...

The term ‘Database Aesthetics’ has become a catchword of the digital realm and poses interesting semantic questions that seem to outline the field of research and art relating to databases itself. What exactly do we mean by ‘database aesthetics’? In discourse on digital art, the term is frequently used to describe the aesthetic principles applied in imposing the logic of the database to any typ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the contribution of personal, social and environmental factors to mediating socioeconomic (educational) inequalities in women's leisure-time walking and walking for transport. METHODS A community sample of 1282 women provided survey data on walking for leisure and transport; educational level; enjoyment of, and self-efficacy for, walking; physical activity barriers an...

This research intended to see if aesthetics within the game of chess could be formalized for computer recognition since it is often appreciated and sought after by human players and problem composers. For this purpose, Western or International chess was chosen because there is a strong body of literature on the subject, including its aesthetic aspect. Eight principles of aesthetics and ten them...

BACKGROUND With the expansion and growth of research on neighbourhood characteristics, there is an increased need for direct observational field audits. Herein, we introduce a novel direct observational audit method and systematic social observation instrument (SSOI) for efficiently assessing neighbourhood aesthetics over large urban areas. METHODS Our audit method uses spatial random samplin...