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The origins of pleasure

Paul Bloom · TED

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Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists -- that our beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience it, not simply as an illusion, but as a deep feature of what pleasure (and pain) is.

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2011
Speaker
Paul Bloom
Year
2011
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Psychology and the brain, Philosophy
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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