Why are negative emotions so central in art reception far beyond tragedy? Revisiting
classical aesthetics in the light of recent psychological research, we present a novel model …

This essay surveys the main objections to aesthetic hedonism, the view that aesthetic value
is reducible to the value of aesthetic pleasure or experience. Hedonism is the dominant view …

This study aims to propose and test a conceptual model identifying playful-consumption
experiences (ie, role-projection, fantasy, escapism, enjoyment, sensory experiences …

Suffering, in one form or another, is present in all of our lives. But why do we suffer? On one
reading, this is a question about the causes of physical and emotional suffering. On another …

Valence is a central component of all affective states, including pains, pleasures, emotions,
moods, and feelings of desire or repulsion. This paper has two main goals. One is to suggest …

This paper presents a new account of the pleasure we take in art. It distinguishes first
between two types of pleasure. Relief or r-pleasure is transient and marks the end of a state …

Purpose The purpose of this paper addresses the issue of inconsistent findings regarding
the impact of consumers' need for touch (NFT) on webrooming behavior. It investigates the …

Accounts of the nature of unpleasant pain have proliferated over the past decade, but there
has been little systematic investigation of which of them can accommodate its badness. This …

Evaluativism is best thought of as a way of enriching a perceptual view of pain to account for
pain's unpleasantness or painfulness. Once it was common for philosophers to contrast …

We use the example of art-derived solace to discuss a broader mechanism by which
negative affect is instrumental in creating positive appreciation of artworks. Based on the …