Coffee: Philosophy for Everyon - Paperback

by Fritz Allhoff (Editor), Scott F. Parker (Volume Editor), Michael W. Austin (Volume Editor)

Der "gro e" Atkins ist und bleibt ein Muss für jeden Studierenden während des Studiums und bei der Prüfungsvorbereitung. Sein verständlicher und didaktisch brillanter Stil ist unverwechselbar - und unerreicht. Modern und souverän in der Themenauswahl, anschaulich und verlässlich bei der Präsentation der Inhalte, hat sich Peter Atkins "Physikalische Chemie" seit langem als Marktführer positioniert. Und als Garant für eine erfolgreiche Prüfung.

Back Jacket

COFFEE PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE

With more than 400 billion cups consumed worldwide every year, there is much to discuss philosophically about one of the world's most popular drinks. Essays by journalists, philosophers, coffee insiders, and coffee aficionados offer a penetrating analysis of coffee and its surrounding culture. Featured writers include Mark Pendergrast, coffee expert Kenneth Davids, and the Coffee Bean Guys James Kirkland and Dan Levy. Plus an interview with Matt Lounsbury of Stumptown Coffee.

Enjoy the philosophical aroma as the book offers fascinating discussions on topics such as:

• The ethics involved in coffee growth
• Caffeine as performance-enhancing drug
• The centrality of the coffeehouse to the public sphere
• Just how good can a cup of coffee be?

Coffee - Philosophy for Everyone kick-starts the day with an entertaining but critical discussion of the ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and culture of the world of coffee.

Author Biography

Editors

SCOTT F. PARKER has contributed chapters to Ultimate Lost and Philosophy, Football and Philosophy, Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy, Golf and Philosophy, and iPod and Philosophy. He is a regular contributor to Rain Taxi Review of Books. His writing has also appeared in Philosophy Now, Sport Literate, Fiction Writers Review, Epiphany, The Ink-Filled Page, and Oregon Humanities.

MICHAEL W. AUSTIN is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Kentucky University, where he works primarily in ethics. He has published Conceptions of Parenthood: Ethics and the Family (2007), Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), and Football and Philosophy: Going Deep (2008).