the qualia journal

Partly because its nature is bestowed with much variety and the seasons are full of subtle changes, Japan has been a nation where its people...

The beauty of appreciating a work of art, or a natural scene, or anything that you can experience in this world, is that you can do so witho...

When we turn our attention to the role of qualia played within the brain's system, "communication" also surfaces as a major th...

From the evolutionary perspective, there might be functional significance in the fact that qualia are private in nature and yet support our ...

The fact that certain qualia can arise only from experiencing the real thing in the immediacy of actual presence does not, of course, preclu...

The fact that certain sets of qualia can be experienced and appreciated only in directly facing the actual work of art can be called the ...

I once had an opportunity to admire at leisure the "Girl with a pearl earring" painting in its home of the Mauritshuis in The Hagu...

In many cases, qualia provide the effective frame or rather guidance for evaluation in which one judges the value of a particular artifact. ...

When I was a kid, I used to chase butterflies in the fields and woods. Hermann Hesse, Morio Kita, Takeshi Yoro. Many people profess to hav...

As I need to do many different kinds of things during the course of day, I seem to have developed an attitude of acting based on "a few...

Petrusa has sent me some nice photos showing how people are getting enthusiastic about what is happening right now in various stadiums in So...

I am in Vancouver, Canada now. I am here for a transit on the way back to Tokyo. The ASSC 2010 conference in Toronto was very interesting. H...

The first foreign country that I visited was Canada, in the summer when I was 15 years old. Probably because of that, whenever I set my feet...

Right now I am visiting Toronto for a scientific conference. Yesterday evening, I was strolling the streets with my best friend Yoshi Tamori...

It was my second visit to the Niagara Falls. Last time, I did not go on the boat ("Maid of the Mist") to see the Great Fall from n...

In Toronto, where I am currently staying, I see many cars carrying national flags on the streets. Needless to say, they are not for the G20 ...

I am in Toronto now. Due to the G20 summit to be held in Toronto, the security at the airport was tight. There was a heavy traffic jam on th...

There are many fashion shows held every year in cities such as Paris, London, Milan, New York, and Tokyo. Some people might have a cynical a...

I have been dreaming of going to the Oze National Park, ever since my graduate school days. Dr. Tokunagawa, who was an associate professor o...

I have been to the beautiful mountain region of Oze overnight. I stayed at the TEPCO mountain lodge. What a change from my every day. Withou...