Philosophy in its academic form has unfortunately become a forensic process of detecting flaws in someone’s ideas. Too many discussions degenerate into thinly disguised, tendentious
Tag: aesthetics of wine
In Wine Appreciation, Why do We Ignore Conceptual Expertise?
I posted about the nature of perceptual expertise in an earlier post. In this post I want to consider what wine scientist Malfeito-Ferrera calls “conceptual
Does Wine Have a Subject Matter?
There is a long standing debate in the philosophy of art about whether art must represent something. One side argues that for an object to
Wine’s Allure
We encounter many things in life that are attractive. But they don’t necessarily compel us to act. But sometimes, on the good days, we encounter
Wine: The Marriage of Apollo and Dionysus
The practice of focusing special attention on an object or performance because of the way its form expresses meaning seems to be present in all
Wine Appreciation, Irony, and a Game of Striving
Originally posted at Three Quarks Daily. For many wine lovers, understanding wine is hard work. We study maps of wine regions and their climates, learn
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 