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

Paul Bloom

Paperback (06 Sep 2011)

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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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ISBN:	9780393340006
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Imprint:	W.W. Norton and Company
Pub date:	06 Sep 2011
DEWEY:	152.42
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	280
Weight:	240g
Height:	208mm
Width:	139mm
Spine width:	20mm