Summer 2025 Pre-College Prog: SCIP X1001 section 001

Taste

Call Number 00108
Day & Time
Location
MTR 1:30pm-4:00pm
To be announced
Points 0
Grading Mode Ungraded
Approvals Required None
Instructor Nathan Gorelick
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

Taste is a peculiar thing. It is one of the five senses we all share, a combination of nose and tongue, yet it also names an entirely subjective set of personal preferences that goes well beyond what we like to eat. This is why taste is a major problem for scientists and philosophers. If everybody’s sensory faculties work more or less in the same way, then how are we to explain the infinite variety of tastes that make us unique and our lives so interesting? In this class, we are going to do just that. We will consider theories of taste from the eighteenth century to today, including how critics, scholars, and scientists have attempted to define taste and to refine it. Beyond these questions, we will put theory into practice by tasting our way through some of the many artistic, literary, and culinary riches New York City has to offer. Over the course of our class, you will keep a "taste journal" that you will develop into a research paper. Bring your appetites!

Web Site Vergil
Subterm 07/22-08/08 (L)
Department Pre-College Program (Barnard)
Enrollment 0 students (15 max) as of 9:05PM Friday, June 6, 2025
Subject Pre-College Prog: SCIP
Number X1001
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Section key 20252SCIP1001S001