Martin Cohen, PhD, Author of I Think Therefore I Eat
Release Date: 09/12/2023
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info_outline“What to eat?” This is a question we ask ourselves several times a day.
The answer seems simple enough, but there are endless factors that drives this decision: your values, budget, time, mood, and last but not least - taste.
To answer this question, Martin Cohen, PhD, taps into philosophy. Dr. Cohen is a British philosopher who blends “psychological and social studies with philosophical theory” and aims to explain complex problems in easy-to-understand ways.
His latest book is I Think Therefore I Eat: The World’s Greatest Minds Tackle the Food Question. Throughout this book, Dr. Cohen uses the wisdom of philosophers to answer the question: “What to eat?”
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You can also watch this episode on YouTube: Episode 264: Martin Cohen, PhD
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