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Treatment should be performed with the highest fluence the skin can tolerate. Studies have shown that the percentage hair loss is fluence-dependent, with higher percentages of hair loss at higher fluences. Each skin type has its own threshold fluence at which pigmentation changes occur. To mini- mize hypo- or hyperpigmentation, lower fluences than those suggested above should be used while gaining clinical experience. With multiple pulsing the incidence of pigment changes increases without an increase in efficacy. For this reason, double and triple pulsing are not recommended. If hypo- or hyperpigmentation occurs, it is transient. The duration of these pigment. | NOTES FOR A CULTURAL AESTHETIC Arnold Berleant 1. Introduction In its search for universal knowledge philosophy has become mired in its own presuppositions. Its illuminating principles have often turned out to be illusions its eternal truths merely local knowledge its moral imperatives the architecture of custom often disguising the interests of privilege behind the sanctimoniousness of ethical structures. Thus the ancient dialectic between the Stoics and the Sophists continues to replay itself seemingly without end. But surely we must come at some point to a re-structuring of the issues a re-direction of the philosophic quest. Where might this lie Here we may find more answers than we might wish. It is important however to withstand the temptation to invent answers ex nihilo. Rather we can use as our touchstone what is common and what is diverse in human experience recognizing all the while that experience itself is never pure but historically and culturally conditioned. When we do this the landscape of inquiry changes. It has like the earth no fixed and central point but can provide solid enough ground under foot to make it possible to build structures of human habitation and use. While these structures may not stand forever they can serve our purposes well enough for a longer or shorter duration. How then can we characterize such experience 2. Culture1 It is not possible to speak of pure perception as sensation untouched by our past experiences education and training and uninfluenced by our ideas and other kinds of knowledge. Social psychologists cultural geographers and anthropolo 1 Several of the following passages are adapted from A. Berleant Art and Engagement 1991 Ch. 4. Arnold Berỉeant __ gists have established the profound degree to which culture influences perception. Yet at the same time aesthetic perception plays a foundational role. This is because the authenticity of aesthetic .