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Food

Philosophy & Food

Are we what we eat? Feast your mind on the next few articles, says this issue’s editor Jeremy Iggers, philosopher and restaurant critic.

“Know Thyself.”
inscription at the oracle at Delphi.

“You are what you eat.”
American proverb.

The inscription at Delphi challenged philosophers to explore the mystery of human identity, but several contributors to this issue address another mystery: why have philosophers devoted so little attention to food, cooking and taste? “Dismissal of food as a proper subject for philosophical inquiry is well rooted in the history of thought.

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