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Hi. I’m Tina Lee Forsee.

I’m a novelist with a background in ancient philosophy.

If you’re sick of hearing about zombies and black and white rooms, just go ahead and hit that button…

If not, check out my short story, A Not Very Philosophical Zombie, on Daily Philosophy. It’s about the mind-brain connection—or lack thereof. It’s also the first chapter of the novel I’m currently slogging through working on.

I write about…

PHILOSOPHY OF MIND

I’m drawn to mind-first metaphysics. 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...

• MARCO MASI: Discussing the interaction problem, idealism & the origin of life...

• MATTHEW DAVID SEGALL: Discussing conceptual limits and the effect of materialism on our souls...

• PEDRO BREA: on time, process philosophy, and the meaning of goodness...“My metaphysical commitment to materialism also implicitly committed me to nihilism.”

My published books…

• FICTION: I’m posting my literary campus novel, A Footnote to Plato as a free podcast right here on Substack. 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 word math. Believe me, I don’t do math. Start reading.

You can support my work (and whatever’s left of my writer’s ego) by becoming a paid subscriber if you can. Or just say hey in the comments section. Whatever the case may be, I’m glad you’re coming along for the ride!

Thanks again, and feel free to share with friends if you like what I write.

Tina Lee Forsee

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