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Beer & philosophy : the unexamined beer isn't worth drinking / edited by Steven D. Hales.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007Description: x, 233 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1405154306
  • 9781405154307
Other title:
  • Beer and philosophy
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 641.23 22
LOC classification:
  • TP577 .B37 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword / Michael Jackson -- Editor's Introduction / Steven D. Hales -- Part I. The Art of the Beer: -- 1. Thirst for Authenticity: An Aesthetics of the Brewer's Art / Dale Jacquette -- 2. The Beer Matrix: Reality vs Facsimile in Brewing / Garrett Oliver -- 3. The Truth About Beer / Michael P. Lynch -- 4. Good Beer, or How to Properly Dispute Taste / Peter Machamer -- Or, Why is American Beer So Lousy? / Martin Stack and George Gale -- 6. Extreme Brewing in America / Sam Calagione -- Part II. The Ethics of Beer: Pleasures, Freedom, and Character: -- 7. Mill v. Miller, or Higher and Lower Pleasures / Steven D. Hales -- 8. Beer and Autonomy / Alan McLeod -- 9. Another Pitcher? On Beer, Friendship, and Character / Jason Kawall -- Part III. The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Beer: -- 10. Beer and Gnosis: The Mead of Inspiration / Theodore Schick -- 11. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Beer / Neil A. Manson -- 12. What's a Beer Style? / Matt Dunn -- Part IV. Beer in the History of Philosophy: -- 13. Drink on, the Jolly Prelate Cries / David Hilbert -- 14. Beer Goggles and Transcendental Idealism / Steven M. Bayne -- 15. Beyond Grolsch and Orval: Beer, Intoxication, and Power in Nietzsche's Thought / Rex Welshon.
Summary: "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"--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Michael Jackson -- Editor's Introduction / Steven D. Hales -- Part I. The Art of the Beer: -- 1. Thirst for Authenticity: An Aesthetics of the Brewer's Art / Dale Jacquette -- 2. The Beer Matrix: Reality vs Facsimile in Brewing / Garrett Oliver -- 3. The Truth About Beer / Michael P. Lynch -- 4. Good Beer, or How to Properly Dispute Taste / Peter Machamer -- Or, Why is American Beer So Lousy? / Martin Stack and George Gale -- 6. Extreme Brewing in America / Sam Calagione -- Part II. The Ethics of Beer: Pleasures, Freedom, and Character: -- 7. Mill v. Miller, or Higher and Lower Pleasures / Steven D. Hales -- 8. Beer and Autonomy / Alan McLeod -- 9. Another Pitcher? On Beer, Friendship, and Character / Jason Kawall -- Part III. The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Beer: -- 10. Beer and Gnosis: The Mead of Inspiration / Theodore Schick -- 11. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Beer / Neil A. Manson -- 12. What's a Beer Style? / Matt Dunn -- Part IV. Beer in the History of Philosophy: -- 13. Drink on, the Jolly Prelate Cries / David Hilbert -- 14. Beer Goggles and Transcendental Idealism / Steven M. Bayne -- 15. Beyond Grolsch and Orval: Beer, Intoxication, and Power in Nietzsche's Thought / Rex Welshon.

"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"--Publisher description.

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