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The philosopher Zena Hitz asks me five questions about myself.

Zena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, and the author of "Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life" (2020).

Kieran Setiya is a Professor of Philosophy at MIT. He is the author of “Midlife: A Philosophical Guide” (2017) and “Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way” (2022)—now available in bookstores!

I ask the philosopher Liam Kofi Bright five questions about himself.

Liam Kofi Bright is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of “Group Lies and Reflections on the Purpose of Social Epistemology” (2020), “Why Do Scientists Lie?” (2021), and other essays in epistemology and the philosophy of science.

I ask the philosopher Ben Laurence five questions about himself.

Ben Laurence teaches political philosophy at the University of Chicago and is the author of “Agents of Change: Political Philosophy in Practice” (2021).

I ask the philosopher Susan James five questions about herself.

Susan James is Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author of several books, including “Passion and Action: The Emotions in Early Modern Philosophy” (1997) and “Spinoza on Learning to Live Together” (2020).

I ask the philosopher Rachel Fraser five questions about herself.

Rachel Fraser is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and Michael Cohen Fellow in Philosophy at Exeter College. She is the author of “Narrative Testimony” (2021), “The Ethics of Metaphor” (2018), and other essays in philosophy.

I ask the philosopher Steve Yablo five questions about himself.

Steve Yablo is David W. Skinner Professor of Philosophy at MIT. He is the author of “Thoughts” (2009), “Things”(2010), and “Aboutness” (2016).

I ask the philosopher Aaron Wendland five questions about himself.

Aaron Wendland is Vision Fellow in Public Philosophy at King’s College, London and Senior Research Fellow at Massey College in the University of Toronto. He has written about Kant, Hegel, Husserl, Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, Danto, and Kuhn, and edits the Agora series in public philosophy at the New Statesman.

I ask the philosopher Karen Bennett five questions about herself.

Karen Bennett is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and the author of “Making Things Up” (2017).

I ask the philosopher Akeel Bilgrami five questions about himself.

Akeel Bilgrami is the Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. He is the author of “Belief and Meaning” (1992), “Self-Knowledge and Resentment” (2006), and “Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment” (2014).

I ask the philosopher Antonia Peacocke five questions about herself.

Antonia Peacocke is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University. She is the author of “How to Think Several Thoughts at Once” (2021), “How Literature Expands Your Imagination” (2021), and other essays in aesthetics and the philosophy of mind.