What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher?

YouTube channel featuring chapter summaries, discussions, audiobook clips, interviews, all from or about *Too Weird To Believe, Too Plausible To Deny: Mind-Blowing Philosophical Ideas*.

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How much pizza have we as a profession shoveled into undergrads mouths hoping and praying they'll major in philosophy?

www.youtube.com/shorts/IroYS... Is consciousness rare? Philosopher Luke Roelof argues it may be *everywhere*. Panpsychism says consciousness is a basic ingredient of reality—present in humans, animals, maybe even rocks.

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What book is this person describing? “A mind-bending collection of brief, plausible arguments for a wide variety of unusual philosophical views... If it doesn't rouse you from your dogmatic slumbers, you must be deeply asleep.” -- Eric Schwitzgebel

Persian translations of Cliff Sosis interviews with Peter Adamson, Gregg Caruso, Abigail Thorn, Jonathan Ichikawa and Saba Fatima. Available on the Telegram channel: t.me/naseri_ph @whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com

What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? interviews being translated into Persian! t.me/s/naseri_ph

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New Briana Toole interview out! It's really good. Check it out! www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/#/briana-toole/

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