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Category Archives: Philosophy

The ball of wax and the bitten apple

February 22, 2016by Sara Davis 1 Comment

The wax argument is a classic rationalist exemplar from Rene Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy. Descartes describes a ball of wax recently taken from a hive: it still smells faintly of […]

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Dissertation Discards, Philosophy

Kant’s Dinner Party

November 12, 2015by Sara Davis 7 Comments

My familiarity with the work of Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804) is mostly centered on Critique of Judgment, in which he explores the roles beauty and aesthetic pleasure play in the life […]

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Aesthetics, Meals, Philosophy

Barthes’ “Ornamental Cookery” in the age of Foodstagram

July 2, 2015by Sara Davis 1 Comment

“Ornamental Cookery” (as it is titled in the translation) is one of my favorite essays in Roland Barthes’ Mythologies, not least because of the vivid and whimsical descriptions of the food prepared […]

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Aesthetics, Class, Visual appeal and presentation

Hegel on the difference between men and women

April 24, 2015by Sara Davis 2 Comments

In the Philosophy of Right, Hegel explores the role of family and marriage in the stability of the state. For Hegel, the critical element of a marriage is opposite sexes which […]

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Body, Dissertation Discards, Gender, Philosophy

Quick hit: The Office Fridge

April 7, 2014by Sara Davis 1 Comment

NPR’s The Salt has a deliciously damning post about thievery in office fridges. Apparently NPR offices, too, suffer the scourge that has inspired dozens of passive-aggressive notes worldwide–and their write-up is […]

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Business, Ethics, Manners

Link Buffet: Definitions

June 27, 2013by Sara Davis Leave a comment

. . . legal and cultural. I’ve been meaning to post this forever, but in the Spring 2012 Dissent, Mark Engler offers a straightforward, informative overview of three movements toward ethical growing and […]

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Ethics, Food in the City, Health, Link Buffet, Political Theater, Science

Philosophy of a Philly Foodie

January 15, 2013by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Let’s get some assumptions out of the way, shall we? You don’t have to eat expensively to eat healthy food. You don’t have to eat expensively to eat delicious food. […]

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Class, Consumer Culture, Ethics, Food Distribution and Resources, Food in the City, Trends

The Environmental Attaché

December 16, 2012by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Yesterday there was a package waiting on my stairs. I was perplexed: I hadn’t ordered anything recently and wasn’t expecting any gifts. And then I opened it. . . . […]

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Advertising, Consumer Culture, Ethics, Merchandise
Detail of a gummy bear Chandelier by Kevin Champeny

Ars Gastronomica: Food, Art, and Pleasure

December 10, 2012by Sara Davis 2 Comments

  Last week, I had a post up about the food, art, and aesthetic experience at Table Matters. (Are you reading Table Matters? You should be. Just last week alone […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Philosophy, Playing with Food, Senses
The Winemaker No. 3 by Amelia Fais Harnas

The Winestain in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

September 23, 2012by Sara Davis 2 Comments

In “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” Walter Benjamin describes the “aura” that might be held by a unique work of art.  The term “aura” is […]

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Art, Painting, Philosophy, Playing with Food, Wine

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