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> [I never went into aesthetics. Aesthetics is what philosophers have to say about art, and a lot of them take an analytics position and raise the question, "What is an art object?" As soon as you fall into that trap,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ihde/i-never-went-into-aesthetics-aesthetics-is-what-philosophers-have-to/)

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## More by Don Ihde

> [Definitions get you into that time trap, and I'm very much more process-focused. Take Lucy, for example. Lucy is famous largely because she has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ihde/definitions-get-you-into-that-time-trap-and-i-m-very-much-more/)

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> [I never went into aesthetics. Aesthetics is what philosophers have to say about art, and a lot of them take an analytics position and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ihde/i-never-went-into-aesthetics-aesthetics-is-what-philosophers-have-to/)

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> [I remember reading about a court case where a man tried to stab a judge with a pencil. There are Google pages full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ihde/i-remember-reading-about-a-court-case-where-a-man-tried-to-stab-a/)

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> [You have a long history of changes in diagnosis, from no touching to touching, to assessing acoustics and visuals. But visual is a problem,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ihde/you-have-a-long-history-of-changes-in-diagnosis-from-no-touching-to/)

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> [What specialists try to do is get at least three imaging processes that are totally different from each other. Then you can run these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ihde/what-specialists-try-to-do-is-get-at-least-three-imaging-processes/)

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> [A lot of the medical imagery has to do with my own biography. I had open heart surgery, I had knee replacements, I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ihde/a-lot-of-the-medical-imagery-has-to-do-with-my-own-biography-i-had/)

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> [I argue that science would be much richer if it were multisensory. The problem with instrumentation is that instruments, unlike our senses, can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ihde/i-argue-that-science-would-be-much-richer-if-it-were-multisensory-the/)

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> [I can't experience my brain because I'm inside of it. If you're imaging your brain, you can also find scary things. As one ages,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-ihde/i-can-t-experience-my-brain-because-i-m-inside-of-it-if-you-re/)

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