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David Kaplan calls himself a taste realist. That means he really does think that there’s something there, in food or drink, that enables us to agree on what it tastes like, if only we have the vocabulary. Kaplan is professor of philosophy at the University of North Texas, and aesthetics is only one of the areas of philosophy that he applies specifically to food in his book Food Philosophy: An Introduction. We talked about all of them in this episode.
Notes
- Food Philosophy: An Introduction is published by Columbia University Press. David Kaplan directs The Philosophy of Food Project, which contains many more resources at its website.
- In case you missed them, here’s a little mini-series I did on taste:
- In case you were wondering (I was, but I didn’t want to lose the thread) the Mount Rushmore of Existentialists would be Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heideger and Sartre.
- Here’s the transcript.
Excellent show. C. stenophylla provides a perfect example for philosophical “taste realists”. Is the flavour the same for coffee experts, who have more words to describe it as mere mortals? Or does it actually taste different for them?
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Excellent show. C. stenophylla provides a perfect example for philosophical “taste realists”. Is the flavour the same for coffee experts, who have more words to describe it as mere mortals? Or does it actually taste different for them?
eatthispodcast.com/philosophy/
The philosophy of food, the metaphysics of pizza & techno-utopias….. @EatPodcast – latest episode – in conversation with David M Kaplan (Philosophy of Food Project)… & the meaning of “that tastes good!!” eatthispodcast.com/philosophy/