Affordances elude ontology. They have been recognized to play a role in categorization, especially of artifacts, but also of natural features. Yet, attempts to ontologize them face problems ranging from their presumed subjective nature to the fact that they involve potential actions, not objects or properties. We take a fresh look at the ontology of affordances, based on a simple insight: affor...

to distinguish and portray their several influences on the careers of men; then more critically, to appraise their worth, to observe the success which attends them, and, if fortune favor, to reach some insight into the play of personal forces that shape our fate individually, collectively, nationally." If the author does not quite cover all this ground, the reader must remember that 183 small p...

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...

Iron, classically known as the Metal of Mars, has been universally perceived as the symbol of human strength, obstinacy, fortitude, honor, courage, sharpness (of body and mind), tenacity, and confidence in power. Legendary personalities like the knight Götz von Berlichingen (the one with prosthetic iron hands) or Margaret Thatcher (the iron lady) epitomized the metal properties in human charact...

The stories vs. games debate has been prominent during the early years of game studies, and few other perspectives have been introduced to the discussion. In the paper, Game Researcher and Concept Designer Satu Heliö from Sulake Corporation introduces new concepts with which to approach the supposed divide. She argues that concepts such as narrative mindset and social schema provide better mean...

with respect to the physical and mechanical limited qualities of bitumen, it benefits from certain specificability in application and its life service. polymers as the most important modifiers of bitumen are applied to it in order to improve its functional efficiency. among various polymers, styrene-butadiene- styrene (sbs) is the best modifier of the bitumen. in this work, sbs polymer as one o...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a tremendous therapeutic advance for patients with severe aortic stenosis and high-surgical risk. Since TAVI-treated patients are elderly with multiple co-existing conditions, limited life expectancy and disproportionate health-care expenditures, the aspect of the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) benefits becomes of fundamental importance....