To demonstrate the way that our senses of touch and smell combine with taste, conduct this activity. Before class, cut each fruit or vegetable into small cubes (approximately one centimeter in width).

There are five basic human senses: touch, sight, hearing, smell and taste. The sensing organs associated with each sense send information to the brain to help us understand and perceive the world ...

Carolyn Korsmeyer, research professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo and author of several books including, Making Sense of Taste; Food and Philosophy explains why there’s so much more to ...