Title Food and philosophy : selected essays / by Spencer K. Wertz.

Publication Info.	Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2016]
	©2016

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Note	Includes index.
Contents	Introduction -- Philosophy of food history -- The five flavors and Taoism: Lao Tzu's verse twelve -- The elements of taste: how many are there? -- Leibniz and culinary cognitions: a speculative journey -- Taste and food in Rousseau's Julie, or the new Heloise -- Hume's culinary interests and the historiography of food -- Revel's conception of cuisine: Platonic or Hegelian? -- The analogy between food and art: Tolstoy and Eaton -- Maize: the Native North American's legacy of cultural diversity and biodiversity -- Are genetically modified foods good for you? A pragmatic answer -- Is there a pornography of food? -- Chocolate and its world -- Eating and dining: Collingwood's anthropology.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject	Food -- Philosophy.
	Food -- Philosophy.
	Food.
	Taste -- Philosophy.
	Taste.
	Philosophy.
	Food consumption -- Philosophy.
	Food consumption.
	Cooking -- Philosophy.
	Cooking -- Philosophy.
	Cooking.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Wertz, Spencer K. Food and philosophy. Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2016] 9780875656380 0875656382 (DLC) 2016016741 (OCoLC)948360814
ISBN	9780875656441 (electronic book)
	0875656447 (electronic book)
	9780875656380
	0875656382