I Think Therefore I Eat: The World's Greatest Minds Tackle the Food Question
"The worst thing about food science, the elephant in the room, is that it's not just the opinions that are changing—but the 'facts' themselves shift too."
Did you know that the great philosophers were the original foodies? To eat or not to eat? That’s an easy question to answer. But what to eat? That’s a deep and profoundly difficult one. Doctors and nutritionists often disagree with each other, while celebrities and scientists keep pitching us new recipes and special diets. No one thought to ask the philosophers—those rational souls devoted to truth, ethics, and reason—what they think. Until now.
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Book details
- Author
- Martin Cohen
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 336
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Ages
- 18-100
- Subjects
- Philosophy › Mind & Body
Cooking › History
Cooking › Essays & Narratives - Topics
- food philosophy · history of food · diet and nutrition · gastronomy · food science · philosophy of mind and body · ethics of eating
- ISBN-13
- 9781684421985 (Paperback)9781684421992 (Hardcover)
About the author
MARTIN COHEN is a writer, editor and reviewer whose book 101 Philosophy Problems has been translated into 20 languages and sold over 200,000 copies worldwide.
Cohen holds a Visiting Research Fellowship in Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire and serves as Editor of The Philosopher, one of the world’s oldest philosophical magazines. He has contributed to The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent.