Andrew Pessin is Professor of Philosophy at Connecticut College and a novelist, with degrees from Yale and Columbia--and appeared several times on the Late Show with David Letterman as "The Genius." (Links available on his website below.) He has published many academic works and numerous philosophy books for a general audience, including: "The Study of Philosophy" (a textbook), "Uncommon Sense: The Strangest Ideas from the Smartest Philosophers," "The God Question: What Famous Thinkers From Plato To Dawkins Have Said About the Divine," "The 60-Second Philosopher: Expand Your Mind on a Minute or so a Day!" and an audio philosophy course, "The Philosophy of Mind." He has also published three novels: his newest "Nevergreen," a satirical account of campus cancel culture, his second was "The Irrationalist," an historical murder mystery based on the tragic life and mysterious death of the famous philosopher René Descartes, and his first was "The Second Daughter" published under the pen name J. Jeffrey. For more information, visit his website at www.andrewpessin.com.
