Food and philosophy: selected essays

by Wertz, Spencer K.

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Full title :Food and philosophy : selected essays / Spencer K. Wertz.

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Publication Date:©2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):TCU Press
Place of Publication:Fort Worth, Texas
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

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Description:1 online resource (x, 182 pages)

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ISBN:0875656382, 9780875656380, 9780875656441, 0875656447
oclc:ocn978705008
LC Classification:B105.F66
Dewey Decimal:641.3001

Introduction -- Philosophy of food history -- The five flavors and Taoism: Lao Tzu's verse twelve -- The elements of taste: how many are there? -- Leibniz and culinary cognitions: a speculative journey -- Taste and food in Rousseau's Julie, or the new Heloise -- Hume's culinary interests and the historiography of food -- Revel's conception of cuisine: Platonic or Hegelian? -- The analogy between food and art: Tolstoy and Eaton -- Maize: the Native North American's legacy of cultural diversity and biodiversity -- Are genetically modified foods good for you? A pragmatic answer -- Is there a pornography of food? -- Chocolate and its world -- Eating and dining: Collingwood's anthropology.

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