Subject Code: 1PPS20 Length of Course: Credit Points and TAS Status: 20 Credits
Course Outline
This subject involves the rational investigation of questions about existence, knowledge and ethics, to which there are no simple answers. Investigation of these problems through the study of Philosophy requires skills of critical reasoning, developed through an understanding of reasoning and the foundations of argument analysis.
Philosophy promotes respect for intellectual integrity as a human value and develops students' skills to engage in philosophical argument.
Students build their capacity to be creative and independent critical thinkers who can articulate and justify philosophical positions and argue reasoned action.
Topics Included:
Philosophical Enquiry Skills, Ethics (Moral Understanding, Happiness as the goal of Life, Rights and Responsibilities, Equality and Difference), Epistemology (Ways of Knowing, Perception, Scepticism, Relativism), Metaphysics (Freedom and Determinism, Reason and the Existence of God, Existentialism and Humanism, Bodies, Minds and Persons), Argument and Critical Thinking (Types of Reasoning, the General Structure of Arguments, the Difference between Good and Bad Arguments, Valid and Sound Arguments, Inductive and Deductive Arguments).
Assessment:
School Assessment (70%)
Assessment Type 1: Argument Analysis (25%)
Assessment Type 2: Issues Analysis (45%)
External Assessment (30%)
Assessment Type 3: Issues Study (30%).
Students provide evidence of their learning through six assessments, including the external assessment component. Students undertake:
two argument analysis assessments
three issues analysis assessments (one for each key area)
one issues study.
Additional Costs:
Cost for excursions that include entry fees and transport
Length of Course:
Credit Points and TAS Status: 20 Credits
Course Outline
This subject involves the rational investigation of questions about existence, knowledge and ethics, to which there are no simple answers. Investigation of these problems through the study of Philosophy requires skills of critical reasoning, developed through an understanding of reasoning and the foundations of argument analysis.
Philosophy promotes respect for intellectual integrity as a human value and develops students' skills to engage in philosophical argument.
Students build their capacity to be creative and independent critical thinkers who can articulate and justify philosophical positions and argue reasoned action.
Topics Included:
Philosophical Enquiry Skills, Ethics (Moral Understanding, Happiness as the goal of Life, Rights and Responsibilities, Equality and Difference), Epistemology (Ways of Knowing, Perception, Scepticism, Relativism), Metaphysics (Freedom and Determinism, Reason and the Existence of God, Existentialism and Humanism, Bodies, Minds and Persons), Argument and Critical Thinking (Types of Reasoning, the General Structure of Arguments, the Difference between Good and Bad Arguments, Valid and Sound Arguments, Inductive and Deductive Arguments).
Assessment:
School Assessment (70%)
External Assessment (30%)
Students provide evidence of their learning through six assessments, including the external assessment component. Students undertake:
Additional Costs:
Cost for excursions that include entry fees and transport
Further information on post school pathways: