In this paper aesthetic experience is defined as an experience qualitatively different from everyday experience and similar to other exceptional states of mind. Three crucial characteristics of aesthetic experience are discussed: fascination with an aesthetic object (high arousal and attention), appraisal of the symbolic reality of an object (high cognitive engagement), and a strong feeling of ...

let $d$ be an integral domain and $star$ a semistar operation stable and of finite type on it. we define the semistar dimension (inequality) formula and discover their relations with $star$-universally catenarian domains and $star$-stably strong s-domains. as an application, we give new characterizations of $star$-quasi-pr"{u}fer domains and um$t$ domains in terms of dimension ine...

Abstract The aim of intercultural translation is to communicate. Communication is acted via verbal as well as visual means. The interaction of verbal and visual means of communication makes a set of complex situations which demand special attention in translation. One context in which the interaction of visual and verbal elements gets vital importance is children’s picture books. Color is an in...

There have been two competing paradigms in artificial intelligence (AI) development ever since its birth 1956, i.e., symbolism and connectionism (or sub-symbolism). While dominated AI research by the end of 1980s, gained momentum 1990s is gradually displacing symbolism. This paper considers as first generation second generation. However, each these simulates human mind from only one perspective...

Listeners associate certain vowels and consonants with specific meanings, known as phonetic/sound symbolism. For example, the vowel // is often associated with small, thin and more female entities compared to the vowel //. Sound symbolism studies so far mainly focused on the effects of intrinsic pitch (F0) of vowels while no research has taken other intrinsic properties, such as intensity, in...

Following the claim by some anthropologists and sociologists that 1 symbolic meaning of meat is a preference for hierarchical domination (C. J. Adams, 1990; N. Fiddes, 1989; D. D. Heisley, 1990; J. Twigg, 1983), the authors compared the values and beliefs of vegetarians and omnivores in 2 studies conducted in New Zealand. They compared the full range of vegetarians and omnivores on right-wing a...