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The Nature of Art: What Makes Something Art?

The Nature of Art: What Makes Something Art? (Lecture Edition!) 🎨🤯🤔 Alright, settle down, settle down! Welcome, art enthusiasts, bewildered bystanders, and anyone who accidentally stumbled into this lecture hall…

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Philosophy

Political Legitimacy: What Makes a Government Rightful?

Political Legitimacy: What Makes a Government Rightful? (Welcome, dear students, to Legitimacy 101! Grab your notebooks, sharpen your wit, and prepare to dive into the murky, fascinating world of what…

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Philosophy

The Nature of Identity: What Makes Something Identical to Itself?

The Nature of Identity: What Makes Something Identical to Itself? 🤯 (Lecture Hall Ambiance - Imagine gentle coughing and the rustling of notebooks) Alright everyone, settle down, settle down! Welcome…

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Philosophy

The Philosophy of Time: Is Time Real? Is It Linear? What is the Present Moment?

The Philosophy of Time: Is Time Real? Is It Linear? What is the Present Moment? (Welcome, esteemed chrono-curious comrades! Grab your temporal beverages – tea for Presentists, aged wine for…

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Philosophy

Causation: What Does It Mean for One Event to Cause Another?

Causation: What Does It Mean for One Event to Cause Another? (A Deep Dive, Filled with More Twists Than a Pretzel) Welcome, intrepid knowledge seekers! Prepare to embark on a…

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Philosophy

Truth Theories: What Does It Mean for Something to Be True? – Exploring Correspondence, Coherence, and Pragmatic Theories.

Truth Theories: What Does It Mean for Something to Be True? – Exploring Correspondence, Coherence, and Pragmatic Theories. (Lecture Hall - Welcome!) (Professor Einstein-esque Hair & Chalk Dust on Shoulders…

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Philosophy

Political Philosophy of Justice: What Is a Just Society? – Exploring Concepts of Fairness, Equality, and Rights.

Political Philosophy of Justice: What Is a Just Society? – Exploring Concepts of Fairness, Equality, and Rights. (Lecture Hall doors swing open with a dramatic flourish. Professor Justice, a figure…

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Philosophy

Personal Identity: What Makes You You Over Time? – Exploring Philosophical Questions About Continuity of Self.

Personal Identity: What Makes You You Over Time? – Exploring Philosophical Questions About Continuity of Self (Lecture Hall Music: Upbeat elevator music fades as the lights dim slightly. A projector…

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Philosophy

Consciousness: What Is It? – Exploring the Nature of Subjective Experience.

Consciousness: What Is It? – Exploring the Nature of Subjective Experience (Lecture Begins - Imagine a slightly eccentric professor, Professor Cognito, adjusting his spectacles and beaming at you) Good morning,…

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Cultural Studies

Authenticity in Culture: Examining What Makes a Cultural Form or Practice ‘Authentic’.

Authenticity in Culture: Examining What Makes a Cultural Form or Practice 'Authentic' (Welcome music fades in, then fades out. Professor stands at a podium, dressed in a slightly-too-loud Hawaiian shirt…

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