Olfaction: An Interdisciplinary Perspective from Philosophy to Life Sciences

Foreword
Preface
Contents
About the Editors
Part I: Olfaction, Social, and Cultural Identity
	Smell as a Way of Thinking About the World: An Anthropology
		Smell Among the Senses
		From Neglect to Contempt
		Osmologies
		Self as Smell
		Smell as Moral Atmosphere
		Smell of Otherness
		References
	The Smells of Caste – Body, Self and Politics
		Introduction
		Caste and the Senses
		The Meanings of Odours
		Smelling Others
		Odours as Resistance
		Conclusion
		References
	Not Only Olfaction: The Nose, Protagonist of the Diversity and Individuality of the Human Face
		The Many Functions of the Nose
		Evolution of the Nose and Climatic Adaptation
		Nose and Identity of the Human Face
		Developmental Factors of the Nose and Face
		Facial Approximation and Reconstruction of the Nose
		References
Part II: Smelling Beings. Philosophy and Phenomenology of Olfaction
	Being and Making the Olfactory Self. Lessons from Contemporary Artistic Practices
		Introduction
		The Self, Caught Between I and Me
		Identity Through Emplacement
		Trust and Anxiety
		Being with Others: Individual Recognition
		Olfactory Reflexivity: Self-Acceptance and Self-Rejection
		Being (Post)Human, Becoming Animal
		Gender and Social Roles
		Collective Selves
		References
			Artists’ Homepages
	Sniffing Atmospheres. Observations on Olfactory Being-In-The-World
		From Atmosphere to Smell
		Does an Atmospheric Primacy of Smell Exist?
			Invasiveness and Closeness
			Phylo-and Ontogenetic Security
			Where the Pathic Is Also (Tacitly) Gnostic
			Aerial Stuff
			Sign/Meaning Collapse
			Mnemic-Evocative Power and Spatial Diffusiveness
			Principium Individuationis and Valutationis (of Self and the Other)
		Intermodality and/or Synaesthesia
		Conclusion
		References
	Smell as a Carrier of Values
		Introduction
		The Status of Olfactory Judgments
			Smell as a Secondary Quality
			The Truth in the Nose
		Smell as a Principle of Moral Judgments
			The Nose of Love and Hate
			The Essential Value of Perfumes
		Smell as a Carrier of Aesthetic Values
			The Obstacles to Establishing an Olfactory Art
			Towards a Contemporary Olfactory Art
		References
Part III: Olfactory Perception, Aesthetic Experience, and Language
	What a Good Nose Knows. The Role of Smell in the Appreciation of Food
		Preamble
		The Line Between Taste and Flavour
		The Complexity of Flavour and the Role of Smell
		References
	Towards a Situated Cognitive Approach of Olfactory experiences and Languages
		Introduction
		Some Brief Historical Landmarks
		Lessons from a Cognitivist Approach of Olfactory Experience
			Olfaction as a Mute Sense?
				Lexical Inventory for Odors from French Dictionaries
				Lexical Inventory for Odors from 60 Dictionaries
			In Search for Basic Odor Terms
				Odor Word Elicitation in French
				Odor Word Elicitation Task in Li Wanzi
			Word Meanings in Identification Tasks: The Li Wanzi Experience
		Towards a Situated Cognitive Approach of Olfaction
			Smell, Scents and Expertise in Perfumes: Profumo d’Italia
			Smellscapes of Commercial Malls and Paris’ Subway
				Driven by Your Nose in Commercial Malls
				An Olfactory Experience of Paris’ Subway
		Odors, Languages and Cognition: A Preliminary Inventory
		Some Provisional Conclusions
		References
	The Psychology of the Appreciation of Olfactory Beauty
		Introduction: A Question of Olfactory Beauty: Can it Exist?
			Structure
		Liking, Attraction, and Pleasure: Accompany Beauty but Are Not Beauty
			Liking
			Attraction
			Pleasure and Neuroaesthetics
		Another Question of Olfactory Beauty: Does It Exist?
		Evolutionary Psychology and Beautiful Scent
			Spicy
			Fruity
			Woody
			Floral
		The Future of Beautiful Scent: It Is up to Us
		References
	Crossmodal Correspondences in Art and Science: Odours, Poetry, and Music
		Introduction
		Odours in Poetry, Music Composition, and Performance
			Crossmodal Associations Between Smell and Sound in Poetry
			Crossmodal Associations Between smell and Music Composition
			Interim Summary
			Multisensory Artistic Performances
			Interim Summary
		Crossmodal Correspondences Between Odours and Music
			“The Octave of Odours”
			On the Scientific Study of Crossmodal Correspondences
			Interim Summary
		Explanatory Accounts for Auditory-Olfactory Correspondences
			Language and Metaphor
			Associative Learning, Transitivity, and the Emotional-Mediation Hypothesis
		Theoretical Proposal and Empirical Suggestions
			Perceived and Felt Emotions
			Emotions, Moods, and Atmospheres
			Interim Summary
			Experimental Stimuli and Emotions
		Conclusions
		References
Part IV: From Natural to Artificial Olfaction. Biomedical and Technological Issues
	Olfaction and Health
		The Psychology of Aromatherapy and Health Benefits
			Therapeutic Effects of Odor on Pain Perception
			Synopsis
		Olfactory Loss and Health
			Olfactory Loss in Alzheimer’s Disease
			Olfactory Loss in Parkinson’s Disease
			Olfactory Loss and Covid-19
			Synopsis
		Summary and Conclusions
		References
	Advances in Artificial Olfaction Systems: Obviously Artificial, Somewhat Olfactive
		Introduction
		Roadmap and Technical Key Points
		Electronic Nose in Medical Applications
			Medical
				In-Vivo vs In-Vitro
				Inflammation
				Medication (Adherence + Phenotyping)
			Hardware
				Disposable Setup/Parts
				GC-MS Based Tailoring of eNoses
				Home-Monitoring
			Modelling
				Data-Driven vs Hypothesis Driven Research
				Breathomics Core Facilities and Shared Cloud Analyses
		Conclusions
		References
Index