Carolyn Korsmeyer
Research Professor
Philosophy Department
University at Buffalo

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Philosophy Department
110 Park Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, 14260, USA
email: ckors (at) buffalo (dot) edu

My research areas include aesthetics and emotion theory, and I also have a special interest in the  senses that have been traditionally neglected by philosophy: taste and touch. Several of the publications listed under "Books" address taste, food, disgust, and related subjects. Savoring Disgust: The Foul and the Fair in Aesthetics concerns the appeal of disgust when it is aroused by works of art (and even on occasion by foods). Making Sense of Taste: Food and Philosophy explores the gustatory sense and its aesthetic features. I also analyze gender and its influence on philosophical ideas in the book Gender and Aesthetics.  My most recent book, Things: In Touch with the Past, concerns the experience of "genuine" or "real" things, and the ways that artifacts can deliver encounters with times gone by. I argue that the sense of touch and contact or proximity with old objects lies behind such encounters. A related project is an anthology entitled Philosophical Perspectives on Ruins, Monuments, and Memorials, which I co-edited with Jeanette Bicknell and Jennifer Judkins.
For the books I've written and for edited collections, click on "Books".
For a few articles related to these subjects, click on "Articles."
For my excursions into nonacademic writing, click on "Fiction."

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