Beer and Philosophy: The Unexamined Beer Isn't Worth DrinkingISBN: 978-1-4051-5430-7
Paperback
248 pages
November 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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A beer-lovers' book which playfully examines a myriad of
philosophical concerns related to beer consumption.
- Effectively demonstrates how real philosophical issues exist
just below the surface of our everyday activities
- Divided into four sections: The Art of the Beer; The Ethics of
Beer: Pleasures, Freedom, and Character; The Metaphysics and
Epistemology of Beer; and Beer in the History of Philosophy
- Uses the context of beer to expose George Berkeley’s
views on fermented beverages as a medical cure; to inspect Immanuel
Kant’s transcendental idealism through beer goggles, and to
sort out Friedrich Nietzsche’s simultaneous praise and
condemnation of intoxication
- Written for beer-lovers who want to think while they drink