Millar, Becky and Richardson, Louise Fiona orcid.org/0000-0001-9484-7015 (2023) Grief, smell, & the olfactory air of a person. Pacific philosophical quarterly. ISSN 0279-0750
Abstract
Philosophical research into olfaction often focuses on its limitations. We explore instead an underappreciated capacity of the sense of smell, namely, its role in interpersonal experience. To illustrate this, we examine how smell can enable continuing connections to deceased loved ones. Understanding this phenomenon requires an appreciation of, first, how olfaction’s limitations can facilitate experiences of the deceased person, and second, how olfaction enables experiences of what we refer to as the ‘olfactory air’ of a person. This way of experiencing someone privileges their status as an environmentally situated human animal.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Philosophy (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number AHRC AH/T000066/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2023 10:30 |
Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2025 00:36 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12443 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/papq.12443 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:204808 |
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