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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

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Title:Beer and Philosophy

Subtitle:The Unexamined Beer Isn't Worth Drinking

Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell

Publication date:Oct 29, 2007

Genre:Cooking, Food & Wine, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction

ISBN:1405154306

Binding:Paperback

Dewey decimal number:641.23

Number of pages:248

ASIN:1405154306

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