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Sensibility
To understand this word one must look at both the fundamental Eastern interpretation and Western philosophical epistemology or the epistemology of "isms." In the East&sbquo sensibility and emotion are Ying and Yang. SensibIlIty is seen as a sense that one is born with. the pure and positive Sense of judgment itself. It's also possible to describe this as intuition. On the other hand&sbquo emotion indicates a mental state controlled by a dark&sbquo gloomy and dampish state of mind. Since understanding through sense is thought to stand in contrast with intellectual knowledge&sbquo there are cases in which sensibility is used as a general term for emotion. Ever since ancient Greece&sbquo the West has viewed sensibility as passive and on a lower level than intellect or reason. Emotion has been seen as an impediment to reason and an unrestricted conception of virtuous acts. However&sbquo the Platonic tradition's three pillars of epistemology&sbquo intuitive sensibility&sbquo reason as perception through indirect inference&sbquo and intellect as meta-intuition&sbquo allowed sensibility to be held in higher regard. In particular&sbquo the aesthetic pantheism of the Renaissance and the active emotion of Spinoza have led to modern aesthetic and moralphilosophy in Britain. These transitions have today incorporated semiotic and structuralist methods&sbquo and there exists an inclination to search for the logic of mental states and mental reactions that have the same quality as being intelligent. For design&sbquo the grave and important theme is to inquire into the nature of sensibility&sbquo to the extent of debating the relationship between "sensibility engineering'' and design as inspiration for comfort&sbquo the richness of sensations&sbquo or the impressions of the five senses.