philosophy professor

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A philosophy professor is a university faculty member who teaches and researches philosophy—questions about existence, knowledge, ethics, logic, and meaning.

The term often appears in thought experiments and jokes, where the philosophy professor represents someone who overthinks ordinary situations or poses unanswerable questions: The philosophy professor asked if the chair really existed.

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