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...

In this Special Issue of Religions, we have tried to bring together new research that can shed light on epistemological problems faced by accounts religious experiences with empirical about its nature and qualities [...]

In the light of theoretical as well as concrete technical development, we discuss a conceptual shift from an information-centric to an action-centric perspective on tangible interactive technology. We explicitly emphasise the qualities of shareable use, and the importance of designing tangibles that allow for meaningful manipulation and control of the digital material. This involves a broadened...

The difference which one remarks in the man and the woman, comes not only from education, but also from their nature. The fibers of the woman are ordinarily more slender, which makes the senses more fine, and the interior sentiment more delicate. This natural disposition makes them prefer perceptible objects to metaphysical realities, amiable qualities to essential qualities, the brilliant to t...

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...

We investigated tree textures starting from art historical sources describing the complicated appearance of trees, proceeding with an empirical survey using computer vision techniques, concluding with an overview of physical factors. Our main question was: Which perceptual, image statistical and optical phenomena primarily determine the appearance of trees and how are these phenomena related? T...