Have you ever experienced the headache-inducing odor of Axe body spray? Smell has immense power, but why has it been undervalued in philosophy? In episode 66, Ellie and David are joined by philosophy professor Dr. Benjamin Young to discuss the sense and how we perceive smell. They talk about everything from Anosmia, the loss of smell, to the smellscape of middle school. 

Works Discussed

Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses
Immanuel Kant, Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View
Bill Lichen, “The Sliding of Smell”
James McHugh, Sandalwood and Carrion: Smell In Indian Religion And Culture
Larry Shiner, Art Scents: Exploring the Aesthetics of Smell and the Olfactory Arts
Marta Tafalla, “A World Without the Olfactory Dimension”
Benjamin Young, “Stinking Consciousness”
Benjamin Young, Theoretical Perspectives on Smell

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