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The selection of papers in the 6th Volume of the ESPES journal focusus on the development, analyses and critique of Arnold Berleant’s ideas on aesthetic engagement, social aesthetics, negative aesthetics, and environmental aesthetics. These issues are aproached by researchers from various continents showing the inspirational potential of Berleant’s perspective, inviting metaphors, opening paths for individual developmet in the field of art philosophy and aesthetics.
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Questionnaire-based data collection, relying either on classical ‘paper-and-pencil’ or on Internet-based survey approaches, is an economic and valuable means of eliciting information from respondents. Surveys are used in various research contexts, ranging from studies addressing very specific issues in small samples to those collecting representative, large-scale data with a view to deriving conclusions about prospective public policy measures. Typical examples of the latter – that is, of surveys that have potentially far-reaching implications for society – are the European Social Survey (ESS), which measures the attitudes, beliefs and behavior patterns of diverse populations in more than thirty countries; the European Values Study (EVS), a longitudinal survey research program on basic human values; and the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), which measures the key competencies needed for individuals to participate in society and for economies to prosper.
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Sensory illusions have aroused surprise and interest since antiquity, because they demonstrate that our sensory systems may not always provide reliable information about the world. In this special issue on illusions several teams of authors have contributed their most recent research on visual illusions.
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Honorable compatriots, In our capacity as a state institution, we are honored to turn to the Bulgarians around the world to welcome and familiarize you with the newest and most up-to-date themes concerning the various Bulgarian communities around the world, gathered in this unique collection and realized by you yourselves “THE BULGARIANS ABROAD – SO NEAR, YET SO FAR“, PART 2, 2017. It is part of the strategic policy of the State Agency for the Bulgarians Abroad to support such editions, with the purpose to promote the specifics, the organizational structure, the new educational and cultural units, the as¬sociations, the clubs, the spirit of entrepreneurship and the sustainability of our emigrants abroad, the successful undertakings but also the concerns of our fellow citizens in a variety of professional and personal situations. We are convinced that wherever Bulgarian speech, sincere desire and urge to preserve the Bulgarian identity, spirituality, Orthodoxy and culture exist, we as a responsible institution will strive to support your ideas, so that you persist – closer or farther from the Motherland.
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