WHISKEY & PHILOSOPHY
CONTENTS & CONTRIBUTORS
Foreword.
Charles MacLean
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Start up the Still
Fritz Allhoff & Marcus P. Adams
UNIT I
The History and Culture of Whiskey
Chapter 1
Scotch Whisky: From Origins to Conglomerates
Andrew Jefford
Chapter 2
Provenance and Authenticity: The Dual Myths of Scotch
Ian Buxton
Chapter 3
The Heritage of Scotch Whisky: From Monks to Surgeon Barbers
David Wishart
Chapter 4
Women, Whiskey, and Libationary Liberation
Ada Brunstein
Chapter 5
The Manhattan and You: Thinking about a Classic Whiskey Cocktail
Hans Allhoff
UNIT II
The Beauty and Experience of Whiskey
Chapter 6
Whiskey, Whisky, Wild Living, and the Hedonistic Paradox
Robert Arp
Chapter 7
What to Drink? Why We Choose the Bourbons We Do
Mark H. Waymack
Chapter 8
The Phenomenology of Spirits: How Do Whiskeys Win Prizes?
Douglas Burnham & Ole Martin Skilleas
Chapter 9
The Ideal Scotch: Lessons from Hegel
Thom Brooks
Chapter 10
Where the Fiddich Meets the Spey: My Religious Experience
Harvey Siegel
UNIT III
The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Whiskey
Chapter 11
As a Good Bartender Might: Whiskey and Natural Kinds
Thomas W. Polger
Chapter 12
Heisenberg's Spirits: Tasting Is More Uncertain Than It Seems
Jerry O. Dalton
Chapter 13
One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Buddhist Theory of No-Self
Steven F. Geisz
Chapter 14
What Do Tasting Notes Tell Us?
Ian J. Dove
UNIT IV
Ethics and Whiskey
Chapter 15
The Virtuous Whisky Drinker and Living Well
Richard Menary
Chapter 16
Nasty Tempers: Does Whiskey Make People Immoral?
Dave Monroe
Chapter 17
Whisky and the Wild: On Preserving Methods and Distilleries.
Jason Kawall
UNIT V
Whiskey: A Sense of Place
Chapter 18
Peat and Seaweed: The Expressive Character of Islay Whiskies
Kevin W. Sweeney
Chapter 19
Japanese Whisky: ‘It’s Called Queen George, and It’s More Bitched Up Than Its Name’
Chris Bunting
Chapter 20
Whisky and Culture: From Islay to Speyside
Susie Pryor & Andrew Martin
Appendix A
Whiskey Tasting Notes.
Appendix B
Our Favorite Whiskey Cocktails.
Contributor Biographies.
Index.