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Kansei engineering has proposed a novel system of production and services which evokes the user’s mind/sense of value as embedded in the products or services. In this system, interactions between the products and the human mind are the core issue in developing the products. While its applications in industries have been stimulated, methodological development has not been marked yet. Aiming at promoting the method capable of developing basic ideas of Kansei engineering, we discuss the two fundamental topics in it. The first topic is concerned with the notion of Kansei and its varieties. We examine Kansei in relation to philosophy centered on aesthetics established in the eighteenth century. The second issue is concerned with a possible relation of Kansei to thinking within the human mind, that is, the problem of how it forms connection into thoughts. We present two kinds of aesthetic thoughts as concrete examples. Finally, we discuss the problem of quality evaluation of products, that is, how to evaluate products from Kansei point of view.
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Nagashima, T., Okada, Y., Nagashima, Y. (2012). Concepts of Kansei and Aesthetic Thoughts. In: Saeed, K., Nagashima, T. (eds) Biometrics and Kansei Engineering. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5608-7_11
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