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Hi. I’m Tina Lee Forsee.

Here I write about—you guessed it—philosophy and fiction. I have also manage the Substack for a publication called After Dinner Conversation. (Notice the photo above is the same here and over there…now you know why.)

This is my personal Substack.

I’m an old-school blogger, not a brand. If you’re okay with a bit of randomness, join me and chat with other philosophy and fiction fans.

I write about…

PHILOSOPHY OF MIND.

I believe consciousness is fundamental. Check out these posts if consciousness is your thing:

• Dueling Dualisms

• If consciousness is not physical...does that make it fictional?

• Consciousness is like a rainbow…but are rainbows illusions?

• The soul lurking behind ‘consciousness’…

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY MEETS CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY

• Did Descartes say, "Introspection is infallible"?

• Can we climb outside our minds?

• The View from Somewhere…

FICTION WRITING, PUBLISHING-KVETCHING.

• Are publishers afraid of controversy? Here's my story...

• How do serialized novels fare on Substack?

• Thinking about writing philosophical fiction?

• An insanely detailed guide on recording your own audiobook or podcast.

• Book festivals: Is it worth it for "indie" authors?

FEATURED GUESTS

• MOSTYN JONES: A testable solution to the mind-body problem? (philosopher at the forefront of panpsychist EM field theories of consciousness)

• NICK HERMAN: Meet the man behind the music in my podcasts.

• ROMARIC JANNEL: Discussing Aristotelian logic, Nāgārjuna, and pure randomness as key ingredient for free will... (French philosopher, expert in Japanese philosophy)

• MARCO MASI: Discussing the interaction problem, idealism & the origin of life... (physicist with a unique Eastern-idealist perspective)

• MATTHEW DAVID SEGALL: Discussing conceptual limits and the effect of materialism on our souls... (Whitehead & Plato scholar)

My published books…

• FICTION: I’m posting my literary campus novel, A Footnote to Plato, as a FREE podcast right here on Substack. Watch the book trailer below to find out if it’s right for you, or just start listening to chapter one. I hope you love it and tell all your friends about it. :) Or leave a review—now that would be really really nice.

• PHILOSOPHY: Truth and Generosity: How Truth Makes Language Possible—a collaboration with my husband, philosophy professor, Neal Weiner. It’s about the relationship between language and truth and what that relationship reveals about the nature of reality. Don’t be scared. It’s written for a general educated audience. No symbolic logic or word math. Trust me. I don’t do math. Start reading.

By now I’m sure it goes without saying but I’ll say it anyway, I hope you’ll consider becoming a paid subscriber if you can. Or you can support my work (and whatever’s left of my writer’s ego) by leaving a small tip to show your appreciation. Or just say hey in the comments section.

Whatever the case may be, I’m glad you’re coming along for the ride!

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Watch these book trailers to find out more!

Truth and Generosity:

A Footnote to Plato, a novel:

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Tina Lee Forsee

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