A thing, in contrast, can hardly function as a window. We begin to confront the thingness of objects when they stop working for us: when the drill breaks, when the car stalls, when the windows get filthy, …

Looking at object \thing distinction, we can say –an object is physical entity whereas a thing is metaphorical in nature. For instance, in the novel ‘The Great Gatsbey’, the very mention of beautiful …

Complex Ideas Simplified with Common Words and Clever Drawings. In *Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words*, Randall Munroe demystifies complex concepts through a unique blend of …

Unlike an object, a thing may surprise us, refusing to follow the subject’s script as it pursues its own agenda. Brown’s definition of things prefigured a theoretical development in the humanities today, …

In this paper, we propose and implement an automatic web-based Thing Description Generator and Validator (TDGV) application. TDGV automates and simplifies TDs generation while ensuring the …

Doctrinaire Lacanians may tell you that the Thing names only one thing in La- can, but in fact it has different meanings and different valences in different texts and within single texts.

A thing, in contrast, can hardly function as a window. We begin to confront the thingness of objects when they stop working for us: when the drill breaks, when the car stalls, when the windows get filthy, …