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The Nature of Causation: Examining Different Theories About How Causes Produce Effects.

The Nature of Causation: Examining Different Theories About How Causes Produce Effects (A Humorous Lecture) (Professor Figglebottom adjusts his spectacles, clears his throat, and beams at the (hopefully) captivated audience.…

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Personal Identity: Investigating What Makes a Person the Same Individual Over Time and Through Changes.

Personal Identity: Investigating What Makes You, You, Even When You're Not. (A Humorous, Philosophical Lecture) (Imagine a brightly lit lecture hall. A somewhat disheveled professor, sporting a tie askew and…

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The Mind-Body Problem: Exploring the Relationship Between Mental States and Physical States (Dualism, Materialism, Idealism).

The Mind-Body Problem: Exploring the Relationship Between Mental States and Physical States (Dualism, Materialism, Idealism) Professor Quirke (that's me!), your guide through the philosophical jungle. 🤓 Welcome, intrepid explorers of…

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The Free Will Problem: Investigating the Question of Whether Human Actions Are Freely Chosen or Determined by Causal Laws.

The Free Will Problem: Are We Puppets or Pilots? 🕹️🧠 (A Lecture in Three Acts, with Intermissions for Brain Breaks) Welcome, my intrepid explorers of the mind! Prepare to embark…

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The Problem of Evil: Examining the Apparent Incompatibility Between the Existence of an All-Powerful, All-Good God and the Existence of Evil and Suffering.

The Problem of Evil: A Lecture on Suffering, Goodness, and the Almighty Head-Scratcher (Disclaimer: May contain traces of philosophy, theology, and existential angst. Consumption at your own risk.) Welcome, everyone,…

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The Gettier Problem: Investigating Cases Where Justified True Belief Seems Not to Constitute Knowledge.

The Gettier Problem: Investigating Cases Where Justified True Belief Seems Not to Constitute Knowledge (A Lecture in the Grand Hall of Epistemic Puzzles) (🔔 Ding-dong! Welcome, welcome, esteemed scholars and…

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The Problem of Induction: Examining the Philosophical Challenge of Justifying Inductive Reasoning and Our Belief in the Future Resembling the Past (Hume).

The Problem of Induction: Will the Sun Still Rise Tomorrow? (A Philosophical Lecture) ☀️ (Disclaimer: No chickens were harmed in the making of this lecture. 🐔…probably.) Welcome, esteemed knowledge-seekers, to…

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Taoism: Exploring the Concepts of Tao (the Way), Yin and Yang, Wu Wei (Non-Action), and Harmony with Nature (Lao Tzu, Zhuangzi).

Taoism: Exploring the Concepts of Tao (the Way), Yin and Yang, Wu Wei (Non-Action), and Harmony with Nature (Lao Tzu, Zhuangzi) (Welcome, Grasshoppers! Let’s Unravel the Mystery of the Way……

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Hindu Philosophy: Investigating Concepts Like Brahman, Atman, Karma, Dharma, and Moksha and the Different Schools of Hindu Thought (Vedanta, Yoga).

Hindu Philosophy: A Cosmic Comedy (and a Path to Freedom!) (Lecture Begins - Dim lighting, sitar music playing softly. Professor emerges in a slightly rumpled sari, holding a well-worn copy…

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Buddhist Philosophy: Exploring the Concepts of Suffering (Dukkha), Impermanence (Anicca), and Non-Self (Anatta) and the Path to Enlightenment.

Buddhist Philosophy: Exploring the Concepts of Suffering (Dukkha), Impermanence (Anicca), and Non-Self (Anatta) and the Path to Enlightenment (A Lecture for the Perpetually Perplexed) Welcome, welcome, my dear students of…

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