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    Andrew Pessin

    Andrew Pessin is Professor of Philosophy at Connecticut College, with degrees from Yale and Columbia—though he is perhaps most popular with his students for his appearances years ago as “The Genius” on the Late Show with David Letterman. Author of many academic articles and books, as well as four philosophy books, one textbook, and one audio course aimed at a general audience, his book, Uncommon Sense: The Strangest Ideas from the Smartest Philosophers, was named an “Outstanding Academic Title of 2013” by Choice. He has spent two decades teaching undergraduates at liberal arts colleges in addition to having spoken about philosophy to many non-philosophical audiences, so he has plenty of experience making philosophy entertaining, accessible, yet provocative and most of all fun. His previous novel, The Second Daughter, written under the pen name J. Jeffrey—read the novel to find out why the pen name!—was a Semi-Finalist in Literary Fiction at The Kindle Book Review Book awards, and he greatly enjoyed meeting (either in person or over Skype) with the many bookclubs that adopted it. In his spare time he composes and performs amusing philosophy songs. For more information about him or his work, please visit www.andrewpessin.com

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  • Your Philosophy Minute: Socrates

    Your Philosophy Minute: Socrates0

    Editor’s Note: The Irrationalist: The Tragic Murder of René Descartes by Andrew Pessin is now available here. Socrates: Another philosopher whose ideas caused troubles great and small… If you saw him on the street you’d probably cross to the other side. And yet before him, there was nothing; while after him, there’s all of Western philosophy. 

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  • Your Philosophy Minute: René Descartes

    Your Philosophy Minute: René Descartes0

    Editor’s Note: The Irrationalist: The Tragic Murder of René Descartes by Andrew Pessin is now available here. The “father of modern philosophy,” René Descartes was invited by the Queen of Sweden, in 1649, to become her personal tutor. What she neglected to mention was that she wanted her daily lessons at 5 in the morning, in

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