Beer and Philosophy

One of my new year's resolutions was to read more. And to blog more. So I guess I'll be blogging about books. How's that?

I just finished reading Beer and Philosophy, edited by Steven D. Hales. It's an interesting concept. If you took a highbrow subject like philosophy out of the Ivy League classroom and into a plebeian setting, like a bar, what would happen?

Some of the philosophy is indeed very elevated. Kant, Nietzsche, those guys all make appearances in the conversations of brewers, bartenders, and bar goers. Writers discussed metaphysics, different definitions of theism, the virtues of knowledge, and even realism. It was complicated stuff.

The conclusion? If you put Kant, Nietzsche, Aristotle, Plato, and Pascal in a bar and let them discuss their views, their environment will change. But it will still be confusing as all get-out.

Still, an interesting read if you can keep up.

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