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The Binding Problem of Consciousness: How Sensory Inputs Are Integrated.

The Binding Problem of Consciousness: How Sensory Inputs are Integrated (Or, How Your Brain Makes Sense of the World...Mostly!) (Lecture Begins with a dramatic spotlight and a nervous cough) Good…

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Philosophy

AI and Consciousness: The Turing Test and Beyond.

AI and Consciousness: The Turing Test and Beyond - A Whimsical Lecture (Cue dramatic music and a slightly disheveled professor bursting onto the stage, clutching a half-eaten sandwich.) Alright, alright,…

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Philosophy

Ethics of AI: The Alignment Problem.

Ethics of AI: The Alignment Problem - A Hilariously Serious Lecture (Professor Whiskers, a slightly disheveled but brilliant AI ethicist with a penchant for cat metaphors, adjusts his glasses and…

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Philosophy

Animal Liberation: Ethical Arguments for Animal Rights.

Animal Liberation: Ethical Arguments for Animal Rights - A Lecture (Slide 1: Title Slide - Image: A diverse group of animals – a pig, a dog, a chicken, a cow,…

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Philosophy

Climate Justice: Fairness in Addressing Climate Change.

Climate Justice: Fairness in Addressing Climate Change - A Lecture for the Slightly Panicked and the Mildly Optimistic 🌏⚖️ (Professor Willow Bloom, PhD, (Probably) - Department of Existential Dread Mitigation…

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Philosophy

Global Poverty: Ethical Obligations.

Global Poverty: Ethical Obligations - A Laughing Matter (Kind Of, Sort Of...) (Welcome, esteemed future world-savers! Settle in, grab your ethical compass, and prepare for a journey into the murky,…

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Philosophy

Punishment: Justifications and Theories.

Punishment: Justifications and Theories - A Lecture for the (Slightly) Sadistic Alright class, settle down! Settle down! I know, I know, the title of this lecture is a bit… provocative.…

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Philosophy

Property Rights: Locke, Proudhon, Marx.

Property Rights: Locke, Proudhon, Marx - A Whirlwind Tour Through Ownership (and How it Makes Us Crazy) (Welcome, weary travelers of thought! Grab a metaphorical cup of coffee – preferably…

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Philosophy

Natural Law Theory: Law Based on Morality.

Natural Law Theory: Law Based on Morality (A Lecture for the Philosophically Inclined... and Slightly Bored) (Welcome! Grab a coffee, a comfy chair, and prepare for some mind-bending – but…

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Philosophy

Legal Positivism: Law as Human Creation.

Legal Positivism: Law as Human Creation - A Lecture (Slide 1: Title Slide - Image: A construction worker building a brick wall with "LAW" bricks. A gavel rests on a…

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