How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
| Author | : Paul Bloom |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2010-06-14 |
| ISBN-10 | : 039307711X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780393077117 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (117 Downloads) |
Download or read book How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like written by Paul Bloom and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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.
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