Olfaction: An Interdisciplinary Perspective from Philosophy to Life Sciences

This book offers a broad and timely perspective on research on olfaction and its current technological challenges. It specifically emphasizes the interdisciplinary context in which olfaction is investigated in contemporary research. From aesthetics to sociology, from bioengineering to anthropology, the different chapters discuss a wide variety of issues arising from olfaction research and its application in different contexts. By highlighting the overlaps between different areas of research, the book fosters a better communication between disciplines and leads towards a better understanding of the role of olfaction in human perception and cognition. This inspiring read is of interest to students, researchers and practitioners in psychology, philosophy, bioengineering, and cultural studies.

Autorentext

Nicola Di Stefano graduated in Philosophy from the University of Milan and in double bass from G. Verdi Conservatory of Milan. He then obtained his PhD from Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome with a thesis on musical consonance and dissonance. He has been post-doc researcher at FAST (Institute of Philosophy of Scientifc and Technological Practice), Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, before obtaining a two-year research fellowship at the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Currently, he works as researcher at the National Research Council of Italy. His research activity focuses on aesthetics and neuroaesthetics. He authored a book on music perception and theory and many articles in international scientifc journals, such as Frontiers in Psychology, Psychology of Music, Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies, Systems, Rivista di Estetica, and Studi di Estetica. He also authored chapters and co-edited volumes for international publishers, such as Springer and McGraw-Hill. He is adjunct professor at Roma Tre University and at the University of Arkansas Rome Center. He is member of the editorial board of Sensibilia Colloquium on Perception and Experience of the International Lexicon of Aesthetics and of De Musica. He is member of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition (SMPC) of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) and the Società Italiana d'Estetica (SIE) Maria Teresa Russo, PhD in Philosophy and Human Sciences Theory, is Professor of Moral Philosophy and Bioethics at Roma Tre University. She is Editor in chief of the peer-review journal MEDIC. Methodology & Education for Clinical Innovation. She was visiting professor at the University Jean Jaurès of Toulouse, University of Santiago de Compostela, Pontifical University of Santiago de Chile. Member of the scientific board of Italian and International journals: Per la Filosofia, Critical Hermeneutics and Aurora. Papeles del Seminario María Zambrano. Her main research focuses on ethical issues of healthcare and embodiment; on contemporary Spanish and French philosophy. Among her recent publications: Pain, Beliefs, Action: Papini and the Debate between Psychology and Philosophy in Italy at the Beginning of the 20th Century (2020); The human body as a problem in post-modern culture (2020); Médicos ensayistas españoles en el siglo XX: Gregorio Marañón, Juan Rof Carballo, Juan José López Ibor, Pedro Laín Entralgo (2019); The Human Hand as a Microcosm. A Philosophical Overview on the Hand and Its Role in the Processes of Perception, Action, and Cognition (2017).

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Sniffing Atmospheres. Few Remarks on an Olfactory Phenomenology (Tonino Griffero ).- Chapter 2. What a good nose knows. The role of smell in the appreciation of food (Rosalia Cavalieri).- Chapter 3. Being and making the olfactory self (Madalina Diaconu).- Chapter 4. The art of scent. Towards an olfactory phenomenology (Anette Stenslund).- Chapter 5. Different Smellscapes: Olfactory Patterns in the Japanese Worldview (Lorenzo Marinucci).- Chapter 6. The Psychology of the Appreciation of Olfactory Beauty (Rhett Diessner). Chapter 7. An anthropological perspective on olfaction and the senses (David le Breton).- Chapter 8. Music and odors: crossmodal correspondences (Nicola Di Stefano et al.).- Chapter 9. Not only smell: the role of the nose in diversity and individuality of the human face (Elisabetta Cilli et al).- Chapter 10. Electronic but not nose. Obviously artificial, somewhat olfactive (Giorgio Pennazza et al).- Chapter 11. Olfaction based Mulsemedia, progress, opportunities and challenges (Niall Murray).- Chapter 12. Olfaction: From now to next (Andrea Mazzatenta).- Chapter 13. TBC (Danièle Dubois).- Chapter 14. Olfactory perception in psychological and physical health (Rachel Herz).