How Pleasure Works
The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
Published on 20. June 2011
302 pages
978-0-393-07711-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Engaging, evocative. . . . [Bloom] is a supple, clear writer, and his parade of counterintuitive claims about pleasure is beguiling.”—NPR
Why is an artistic masterpiece worth millions more than a convincing forgery? Pleasure works in mysterious ways, as Paul Bloom reveals in this investigation of what we desire and why. Drawing on a wealth of surprising studies, Bloom investigates pleasures noble and seamy, lofty and mundane, to reveal that our enjoyment of a given thing is determined not by what we can see and touch but by our beliefs about that thing's history, origin, and deeper nature.More details
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Paul Bloom is a professor of psychology at Yale University. He is the author of Descartes' Baby and How Pleasure Works. He has contributed to The Atlantic, the New York Times, Science, and Nature. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Content
- Intro
- ALSO BY PAUL BLOOM
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- 1. The Essence of Pleasure
- 2. Foodies
- 3. Bedtricks
- 4. Irreplaceable
- 5. Performance
- 6. Imagination
- 7. Safety and Pain
- 8. Why Pleasure Matters
- Notes
- References
