Events are not a discrete linguistic phenomenon. Different verbal and nominal predicates express different degrees of eventiveness. In this paper we analyze the qualities that contribute to the overall eventiveness of a predicate, that is, what makes a predicate an event. We provide an in-depth analysis of seven key qualities, along with experimental assessments demonstrating their contribution...

We characterize and compare four different ways of representing qualities in formal ontology. Our goal is to discuss their ontological commitments and their adequacy in applications. We also show how the frameworks here presented relate to other approaches in ontology (trope theory), in cognitive science (conceptual spaces), and in physics (International System of Units). The work we present fo...

human presence and accordingly establishing suitable condition for social interactions are important factors in shaping urban spaces. caring to different aspects of improving environmental qualities especially perception aspect and ease of perception from the environment with legibility improvement is an element that was emphasized from the base of urban design. the role of time, commence of da...

The paper analyzes how and under which assumptions it is possible to compare (in a relationist setting and relatively to qualities) entities living in different worlds. We begin with a standard technique to construct quality kinds via an abstraction process. In the first case, the process is applied across all the possible worlds and we show that the resulting quality system has problematic con...

The ubiquitous embedding of digital technologies in everyday environments and activities increases the complexity, variety and occurrence of human interactions with digital media. Furthermore, the advances in display technologies bring digital information and interaction possibilities on the very artifacts of our physical and social environments, such as tables and walls. For input and navigati...

This essay is a defence of the traditional notion of qualia – as properties of consciousness that are ineffable, intrinsic, private and immediately apprehensible – against the eliminative attempts of Daniel Dennett in the influential article “Quining Qualia.” It is suggested that a thorough exploration of the concept is an appropriate starting point for future explanations of qualia, and the es...

Abstract The increasing availability of smart products creates a more pronounced need for designers to prototype and communicate interactive environmental qualities product during their design process. This paper explores which elements User journey, Storyboards Wireframes contribute communicating these qualities, how they might integrate with sketching. Results show depictions user temporal al...

Psychological stressors are social and physical environmental circumstances that challenge the adaptive capabilities and resources of an organism. These circumstances represent an extremely wide and varied array of different situations that possess both common and specific psychological and physical attributes. The challenge for theory, research, and practice is to abstract and understand the s...

The vague, yet undoubtedly desirable, notion of sustainability has been discussed and debated by many natural and social scientists. We argue that mainstream conceptions of sustainability, and the related concept of sustainable development, are mired in a “pre-analytic vision” that naturalizes capitalist social relations, closes off important questions regarding economic growth, and thus limits...

This study utilizes Text Data Mining (TDM) to analyze the contents of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Reports. The goal is to find evidence that environmental sustainability has become embedded in corporate policy and the core business discourse of seven organizations over 2004-2012. Results from supervised modeling techniques suggest embeddedness of environmental qualities in the busines...