s of 300 words are invited on any topic relating to notions of ‘quality’ in architecture or related fields. These should be submitted for refereeing by 01 November 2006, either electronically or by post to the address below. Abstracts will be double-blind refereed. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance or rejection by 30 November 2006. Additional information can be found on the confer...

Key words: imagination, integrative knowledge, the parts and a whole, verified and validated realities, indeterminate implication in technology, science and humanities How do we know the degree of imagination involved in knowing a reality? This is essentially an epistemological question. This essay discusses first the role of imagination in Polanyi's epistemology since it is used here as the ba...

Correspondence: [email protected] University of Colorado, 292 UCB, Eaton Humanities, Boulder, CO 80309-0292, USA Abstract This paper addresses imagination, focusing on two words, bhāvana and vikalpa, both frequently translated as "imagination," and addresses the connections imagination has with the body, specifically within the context of contemplative practices. Drawing primarily...

Although early studies in the fields of education and psychology appreciated the value of imagination, little work has been done pertaining to indicators of imagination. This study synthesized early works on imagination done between 1900 and 2011 to clarify its meaning and identify potential indicators. Then, two groups of samples were collected and validated through exploratory factor analysis...

Being able to remember physically and emotionally painful events in one's own past may shape behavior, and can create an aversion to a variety of situations. Pain imagination is a related process that may include recall of past experiences, in addition to production of sensory and emotional percepts without external stimuli. This study aimed to understand 1) the central nervous system processes...

288 diff erent from that which is currently being perceived. Essentially, the imagination allows objects to be held in mind and thereby considered in the absence of their immediate presentation via perception. Th is capacity to hold in mind allows the consideration of relations among the objects of imagination and those of direct experience. Of course, the imagination allows the creation of nov...

Global recruitment into radical Islamic movements has spurred renewed interest in the appeal of political extremism. Is the appeal a rational response to material conditions or is it the expression of psychological and personality disorders associated with aggressive behavior, intolerance, conspiratorial imagination, and paranoia? Empirical answers using surveys have been limited by lack of acc...