The History of Philosophy of Smell

The history of philosophy of smell is deeply wrapped up in our desire to distinguish ourselves from the non-human animals. And so we have what you were just talking about, David, and we also have in a very different regard back to Kant for a moment. He says that smells do not serve as a way of coming to know the object, but only to be sensible of my own state.

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