Indefinites in intensional contexts, such as attitude reports or intensional argument positions, give rise to a well-known ambiguity. Consider (1): On the so-called specific reading, it says that there is a particular object which happens to be a jacket like Malte’s jacket such that Adrian wants to buy that particular object. Adrian need not know that that object is a jacket like Malte’s. On th...

Conscious experiences are characterized by mental qualities, such as those involved in seeing red, feeling pain, or smelling cinnamon. The standard framework for modeling qualities represents them via points multidimensional spaces, where distances between inversely correspond to degrees of phenomenal similarity. This article argues that the is structurally inadequate and develops a new more po...

Computational representation of spatial qualities can lead us to a better understanding of how we construct spatial concepts. Analyses of spatial qualities can support architects in reasoning about the form of a configuration, helping them predict the consequences of a design. In this paper we present three definitions (enclosure, viewfield, continuity) that describe experiential qualities of a...

3D surface models are often stored as indexed face sets, whereas algorithms can typically treat only a subset of the so-representable surfaces. Besides this gap between “potential” input and “allowed” input, more and more algorithms specify their input requirements at a high level of abstraction (e.g. “natural” shapes), and this makes it difficult to automatically assess the appropriateness of ...

Multiple measures exist that examine the attentional aspects of meditation practice, but measurement of the compassion component is relatively understudied. This paper describes the development and initial validation of a scale designed to measure application of the four immeasurable qualities at the heart of Buddhist teachings: loving kindness, compassion, joy and acceptance toward both self a...

Despite substantial evidence on the higher predictive validity of empirically derived instruments compared to clinical judgement, controversy best direction in child protection assessment is far from over. We introduce a conceptual framework that may help explain why this continues. The distinguishes between internal and ecological requirements tools. First, existing frameworks have primarily f...