In aesthetics it is crucial that we distinguish liking something from finding it beautiful. I might judge an ordinary Chianti to be a good wine
Category: Philosophy of Food and Wine
Philosophers Sometimes Say Dumb Things about Taste
The recently deceased Roger Scruton was a highly regarded philosopher and wine connoisseur who wrote one of the seminal books on the philosophy of wine.
We Should Get Rid of Typicity as a Criterion of Wine Quality
One of my pet peeves in the wine world is the outsized role typicity plays in judging wine quality. Wine education is largely about understanding
Taste and the Good Life
A life in which the pleasures of food and drink are not important is missing a crucial dimension of a good life. In my Three
To Live Decadently
When we eat or drink, we not only modify raw materials, we consume them. Nature is transformed into my energy though the act of consumption.
Taste is Knowing the Tissue of Little Things
We scour the universe for signs of intelligence, probe the brain for the roots of cognition, and build city after city packed with buildings that
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