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The Problem of Demarcation: Examining the Question of How to Distinguish Science from Pseudoscience.

The Problem of Demarcation: Examining the Question of How to Distinguish Science from Pseudoscience (A Lecture) (Imagine dramatic lecture hall lighting and the sound of polite coughing. A presenter, let's…

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The Problem of Other Minds: Investigating How We Can Know That Other People Have Minds Like Our Own.

The Problem of Other Minds: Are You Sure They're Not Just Robots? 🤖 🤔 (A Lecture Exploring the Existential Angst of Knowing If Anyone Else is Actually Conscious) Welcome, welcome,…

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The Problem of Meaning: Investigating How Words and Sentences Acquire Meaning.

The Problem of Meaning: Investigating How Words and Sentences Acquire Meaning (A Lecture) (Professor Quentin Quibble, PhD, adjusted his oversized spectacles, peering out at the assembled students. His tweed jacket,…

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The Problem of Taste: Examining Whether Aesthetic Preferences Are Subjective or Objective.

The Problem of Taste: Examining Whether Aesthetic Preferences Are Subjective or Objective 🎨🤔🤯 (A Lecture in Two Acts, with an Intermission for Snacks and Existential Dread) Welcome, my fellow seekers…

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The Problem of Universals: Investigating Whether General Terms (e.g., Redness) Refer to Real Entities or Are Just Names.

The Problem of Universals: Investigating Whether General Terms (e.g., Redness) Refer to Real Entities or Are Just Names (Lecture Hall Buzzing with Anticipation. A projector screen displays a vibrant red…

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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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