Affordance is a concept in design that refers to the possible actions or uses that an object or environment offers a user. It is the relationship between an object and the person using it and what the person perceives they can do with the object based on its physical characteristics. In other words, affordance is …
In 1921, a highly acclaimed French mathematician from the little-known town of Saint-Affrique published a series of papers on what he called ‘The Theory of Games’. Using poker as his research subject, Felix Edouard Emile Borel envisioned a systemic framework for playing games that is today commonly known as Game Theory. The two branches of …
Experimental philosophy is a discipline concerned with understanding human actions, thoughts, and feelings. This philosophical field applies experimental methods to probing underlying psychological phenomena behind people’s actions. As denoted by American philosopher, Aflred Mele, the central aim of experimental philosophy is to internalize the intentionality of human actions. The same can be said about the …
In his highly acclaimed book, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, Nassim Taleb puts forth the thought of flourishing in chaotic environments. He argues that while resilient beings or systems can withstand chaos, their antifragile counterparts thrive in spite of the chaos. Ideally, this concept denotes that exposure to disorder, shocks, randomness, or volatility allows …
If the pursuit of pleasure is the central motivation for your life then, well, you are a hedonist. This is not just plain pleasure when you are done with whatever you call work but you are the type that seeks pleasure and avoids pain as much as possible even when you are at work. This …