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Creating interviews with philosophers & editor of Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny. Order on Amazon here: https://a.co/d/9YRT8DL
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Does socialism support or undermine Stoic ideals?
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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February 7, 2026 at 3:02 AM
3rd week teaching Intro using anthology. Students pick readings, exploring interesting connections between seemingly disparate themes, like Kant, stoicism, ideas of private ownership. Fun fun fun! On Audible soon. Never been a member, can join, preorder, get free!

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February 6, 2026 at 2:27 AM
February 5, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Would Kant think capitalism is good?
February 4, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Previous question misunderstood! Which philosopher living or dead has views that are or were most clearly the product of that philosopher's motivated reasoning?
January 31, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Which philosophers views are clearly most distorted by motivated reasoning?
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Teaching this one in this class this week. So far, dynamite, student driven conversations. Good stuff.
We treat private ownership as sacred โ€” as if it is natural and moral. Philosopher Christine Sypnowich argues thatโ€™s a mistake. Read her chapter โ€œYour Property Isnโ€™t Really Yoursโ€ in Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny!
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Silence treated like implicit acceptance of oppression. Permission to oppress! Resistance to oppression used to justify more oppression. What should we do? Vote. We can identify these people, hold them accountable for their crimes, dismantle the institutions that empower them.โœŒ๏ธ
January 25, 2026 at 6:46 AM
After teaching a couple Phil 101 classes using the anthology, things are going even better than I imagined. Great presentations, student-driven conversations. First chapter, chosen by students, was โ€œLying Is Always Wrong.โ€ Exciting start to the semester! youtu.be/JWw-RVk8UtE?...
Lying Is Always Wrong
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January 23, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Finishing Vita Activa, and then starting with this one

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โ€œIf it doesn't rouse you from your dogmatic slumbers, you must be deeply asleep. It will inspire you to rethink the reasons behind your implicit 'common sense' assumptions about ethics and the nature of reality.โ€

- Eric Schwitzgebel, Professor of Philosophy at UC Riverside, USA
January 17, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Honestly? Objectively? Starting the semester teaching from the anthology I assembled and I am so darn excited! And proud! a.co/d/1uJrUHl
Amazon.com: Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny: Mind-Blowing Philosophical Ideas: 9781032763842: Sosis, Cliff: Books
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January 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"While the experience machine thought experiment is often presented as decisive proof that people value reality over pleasure... this conclusion is far from obvious."

Felipe De Brigard
"Reality Doesn't Matter"
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January 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Our lives will never be erased; they will not vanish into the past. So it is up to us to make them worthwhile lives.โ€

Heather Dyke
โ€œThe Past and Future Are as Real as Nowโ€
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January 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
โ€œFor eternalists, the full extent of our own lives is just as real as the moment you are experiencing now. This places a responsibility on us to make the most of our lives, to do good, to spread happiness, to relieve suffering, to live a good life...
January 7, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Was explaining flux and conservation of mass energy to son, we were pushing salt around a piece of black construction paper with paint brushes...making designs with the salt, talking about trees and planets, impermanence and permanence...and he made this..
January 5, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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January 1, 2026 at 2:57 AM
"Your consciousness isnโ€™t a private, nonphysical world that you know immediately and infallibly. It is a complex physical response occurring within you that you mistake for a private, nonphysical world."

Keith Frankish,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
December 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"There is consciousness in rocks."

Luke Roelofs,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM