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How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like

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How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We LikeWhy 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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/20/2011
ISBN: 9780393340006
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.50w x 1.07d
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