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Touch, texture, and tickling. From touch working as a form of recognition to the sensation of shapes, touch is a part of our everyday lives. In episode 63 of *Overthink, *Ellie and David begin their series on the five senses with touch. They discuss the significance of Cinderella’s original fur slipper and why Lucretius believed that milk and honey particles have a smooth, round shape. They also consider why some ancient philosophers consider touch the primary sense and what we learn about the nature of the self from the phenomenology of touching and being touched.Works Discussed Matthew Fulkerson, *The First Sense: A Philosophical Study of Human Touch *Galen, Complete WorksG. Stanley Hall, "The Psychology of Tickling, Laughing and the Comic" William Harvey, The Circulation of the Blood and Other WritingsEdmund Husserl, Cartesian MeditationsDanijela Kambaskovic-Sawers and Charles T. Wolfe,“The senses in philosophy and science: from the nobility of sight to the materialism of touch”Lucretius, On the Nature of ThingsMaurice Merleau-Ponty, *Phenomenology of Perception *Maurice Merleau-Ponty, The Visible and the InvisibleDaniel Heller-Roazen, The Inner Touch: Archaeology of a SensationMichel Serres, The Five Senses **Modem Futura)**Modem Futura is your guide to the bold frontiers of tomorrow, where technology,... Listen on: Apple Podcasts) Spotify)
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