What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher?
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Does socialism support or undermine Stoic ideals?
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Does socialism support or undermine Stoic ideals?
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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
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!
www.amazon.com/Weird-Believ...
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Would Kant think capitalism is good?
February 4, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Would Kant think capitalism is good?
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
Previous question misunderstood! Which philosopher living or dead has views that are or were most clearly the product of that philosopher's motivated reasoning?
Which philosophers views are clearly most distorted by motivated reasoning?
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Which philosophers views are clearly most distorted by motivated reasoning?
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January 30, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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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 thatโs a mistake. Read her chapter โYour Property Isnโt Really Yoursโ in Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny!
January 29, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Teaching this one in this class this week. So far, dynamite, student driven conversations. Good stuff.
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.โ๏ธ
January 25, 2026 at 6:46 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.โ๏ธ
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 โLying Is Always Wrong.โ Exciting start to the semester! youtu.be/JWw-RVk8UtE?...
Lying Is Always Wrong
YouTube video by Clifford Sosis
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January 23, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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 โLying Is Always Wrong.โ Exciting start to the semester! youtu.be/JWw-RVk8UtE?...
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โIf 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
- Eric Schwitzgebel, Professor of Philosophy at UC Riverside, USA
January 17, 2026 at 3:24 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
Honestly? Objectively? Starting the semester teaching from the anthology I assembled and I am so darn excited! And proud! a.co/d/1uJrUHl
"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"
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
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Felipe De Brigard
"Reality Doesn't Matter"
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
a.co/d/j1UTFL5
January 7, 2026 at 7:24 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"
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
a.co/d/j1UTFL5
Felipe De Brigard
"Reality Doesn't Matter"
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny
a.co/d/j1UTFL5
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
โThe Past and Future Are as Real as Nowโ
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny (link in bio)
Heather Dyke
โThe Past and Future Are as Real as Nowโ
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny (link in bio)
January 7, 2026 at 3:42 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
โThe Past and Future Are as Real as Nowโ
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny (link in bio)
Heather Dyke
โThe Past and Future Are as Real as Nowโ
Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny (link in bio)
โFor 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
โFor 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...
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
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..
"Your consciousness isnโt 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
Keith Frankish,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
December 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Your consciousness isnโt 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
Keith Frankish,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
"There is consciousness in rocks."
Luke Roelofs,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
Luke Roelofs,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"There is consciousness in rocks."
Luke Roelofs,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny
Luke Roelofs,
Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny