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The Tyranny of Thinness — Tuesday Teaser
Introducing the Tuesday Teaser
In the “Why Philosophy?” On Substack, I’ve shared interviews with philosophers about what brought them to the discipline and how they conceive of it. I’ve also included personal essays that are shaped by m...
Philosophers are humans, too
The weight of practicing what we preach
The personal is the philosophical
2026 Interviews!
Hello friends of Why Philosophy?!
Once again, thank you for the views, likes, and comments you continue to contribute to our Substack. I’m proud to announce that, after 14 interviews this blogging season, we’ve reached the milestone of ove...
The Paradox of Hating Paradoxes
Or How I’ve Fallen from My Cartesian Ways
In my junior year of high school, my French teacher peered over my notebook to examine its organization: its neat indentations, paired with Roman numerals, Arabic numerals, bullet points, color-cod...
Addison Ellis
What is philosophy to you?
There is a kernel of truth in many of the most common ways of defining philosophy. I agree that philosophy has something to do with, as Sellars put it, “how things in the broadest possible sense of the term ha...
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I’m a professor at Florida International University. I love applying philosophy to everyday life and inspiring others to do the same! For more about me, check out www.ccleboeuf.com. My first book, The Tyranny of Thinness, will be out in October 2026!
philosopher, senior research fellow at mercatus, writes about freedom and all the other cool things
I am a sociologist and social theorist who spent several decades in academia and is now a research manager in the nonprofit sector.
Hi there! I'm an incoming first-year Philosophy PhD student at NYU and am completing my undergrad at Harvard ('26). This is where I house my reflections on what I'm currently reading or thinking about, both philosophy and everything in between.
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