Coffee : philosophy for everyone : grounds for debate /
edited by Scott F. Parker and Michael W. Austin.
- xvi, 247 pages ; 23 cm.
- Philosophy for everyone .
- Philosophy for everyone. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Coffee : black puddle water or panacea? / Mark Pendergrast -- The necessary ground of being / Michael W. Austin -- The unexamined cup is not worth drinking / Kristopher G. Phillips -- Saṃsāra in a coffee cup : self, suffering, and the karma of waking up / Steven Geisz -- The existential ground of true community : coffee and otherness / Jill Hernandez -- Sage advice from Ben's mom, or the value of the coffeehouse / Scott F. Parker -- The coffeehouse as a public sphere : brewing social change / Asaf Bar-Tura -- Café noir : anxiety, existence, and the coffeehouse / Brook J. Sadler -- The philosopher's brew / Bassam Romaya -- Three cups : the anatomy of a wasted afternoon / Will Buckingham -- Is Starbucks really better than Red Brand X? / Kenneth Davids -- The flavor of choice : neoliberalism and the espresso aesthetic / Andrew Wear -- Starbucks and the third wave / John Hartmann -- How good the coffee can be : an interview with Stumptown's Matt Lounsbury / Scott F. Parker -- More than 27 cents a day : the direct trade (r)evolution / Gina Bramucci and Shannon Mulholland -- Higher, faster, stronger, buzzed : caffeine as a performance-enhancing drug / Kenneth W. Kirkwood -- Green coffee, green consumers : green philosophy? / Stephanie W. Aleman -- Coffee and the good life : the bean and the golden mean / Lori Keleker -- How to make it in Hollywood by writing an afterword! / The Coffee Bean Guys.