Source https://www.foodpolitics.com/2020/02/weekend-reading-the-philosophy-of-food/
David M. Kaplan. Food Philosophy: An Introduction. Columbia University Press, 2020.
Philosophy can seem impenetrable and confusing. What I so much like about this book is its crystal clarity.
The clarity is evident from Kaplan’s first paragraph.
This book examines some of the philosophical dimensions of food production, distribution, and consumption. It analyzes what food is (metaphysics), how we experience food (epistemology), what taste in food is (aesthetics), how we should make and eat food (ethics), how governments should regulate food (political philosophy), and why food matters to us (existentialism).
One chapter covers each of these topics. The chapter on political philosophy, for example, deals wi…
Source https://www.foodpolitics.com/2020/02/weekend-reading-the-philosophy-of-food/
David M. Kaplan. Food Philosophy: An Introduction. Columbia University Press, 2020.
Philosophy can seem impenetrable and confusing. What I so much like about this book is its crystal clarity.
The clarity is evident from Kaplan’s first paragraph.
This book examines some of the philosophical dimensions of food production, distribution, and consumption. It analyzes what food is (metaphysics), how we experience food (epistemology), what taste in food is (aesthetics), how we should make and eat food (ethics), how governments should regulate food (political philosophy), and why food matters to us (existentialism).
One chapter covers each of these topics. The chapter on political philosophy, for example, deals wi…
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