Scott F. Parker has contributed chapters to Lost and Philosophy, Football and Philosophy, Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy, Golf and Philosophy, and iPod and Philosophy. He is a regular contributor to Rain Taxi Review of Books. His writing has also appeared in Philosophy Now, Fiction Writers Review, Epiphany, The Ink-Filled Page, WritersDojo, and Oregon Humanities. Scott is the publisher of Inside the Curtain Press.
Michael W. Austin is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Kentucky University, where he works primarily in ethics. He has published Conceptions of Parenthood: Ethics and the Family (2007), Running and Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), and Football and Philosophy: Going Deep (2008).

Offering philosophical insights into the popular morning brew, Coffee -- Philosophy for Everyone kick starts the day with an entertaining but critical discussion of the ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and culture of coffee.
* Matt Lounsbury of pioneering business Stumptown Coffee discusses just how good coffee can be
* Caffeine-related chapters cover the ethics of the coffee trade, the metaphysics of coffee and the centrality of the coffee house to the public sphere
* Includes a foreword by Donald Schoenholt, President at Gillies Coffee Company

Foreword
Editors' Introduction
Part 1: The First Cup: Coffee and Metaphysics:
Part 2: Grounds for Debate: Coffee Culture:
Part 3: The Wonderful Aroma of Bean: Coffee Aesthetics:
Part 4: To Roast or Not to Roast: The Ethics of Coffee:
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Notes on Contributors