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Which specific branch of philosophy defines the 'realness' of something?

One or two years ago I read an article about what was termed a newer branch of philosophy that examined not only what was real, but what took precedence in importance in certain areas depending on this 'realness'. 'Country', 'confidence', 'The…
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Is this outline typical of the organization of academic analytic philosophy?

After doing some research I came up with the following classification of analytic philosophy. Do certain branches overlap or worse, are there any inclusions that I have missed? Axiology Æsthetics Philosophy of beauty Philosophy of…
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Is there a branch of philosophy that deals with what long-term goals the human species should be pursuing?

I'm wondering if there's a branch of philosophy (I'm guessing probably a subdivision of ethics)... which deals with long-term questions of what kind of goals the human species should overall be pursuing. For example: Should we colonize…
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