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Meadowhead School

Meadowhead SchoolAcademy Trust

Philosophy (Y12-Y13)

Vision

Know and understand a diverse range of philosophical and ethical theories on a range of issues and ideas.

Develop analytic and evaluative skills in assessing philosophical theories

Develop independent and critical responses to philosopher’s theories,

Use philosophical theories to develop their writing so that it is clear and precise.

Articulate their views and engage in meaningful discussion and debates

Engage with complex texts, analysing and evaluating the arguments of others and constructing and defending their own arguments.

All knowledge organisers can be found at the foot of this page - we are in the process of hyperlinking them to their specific topic in the table below.

  Year 12 Year 13
Term 1

Utilitarianism of Bentham and Mil and the issues of their ethical theory. Applying this to ethical issues such as lies, stealing, simulated killing, and eating animals, what would each utilitarian theory suggest about these moral issues?

Kantian Ethic, duty based ethics, hypothetical and categorical imperative, and the issues with Kantian ethics.  Applying this to ethical issues such as lies, stealing, simulated killing, and eating animals, what would each utilitarian theory suggest about these moral issues?

What is knowledge? Types of knowledge, Plato’s tripartite definition of knowledge and Gettier’s criticism of this and the responses to his criticisms.

Perception as a source of knowledge, What is direct realism? What is indirect realism? What is idealism? Does the external world exist? Arguments for and against these theories are studied

The concept and nature of 'God'

Ontological and Cosmological arguments relating to the existence of God

Philosophy of Mind

Term 2

Aristotelian virtue ethics: his account of the ‘good’ and his account of virtues and vices and moral responsibility, issues with his ethical theory.  Applying this to ethical issues such as lies, stealing, simulated killing, and eating animals, what would each utilitarian theory suggest about these moral issues?

Meta ethics: The origins of moral principles, moral realism, issues with moral realism, moral anti-realism and issues with moral anti-realism.

Reason as a source of knowledge, Plato and Leibniz’s theory of innate knowledge and criticism of this. Empiricist’s responses to innatism, Locke and Hume. Descartes intuition and deduction thesis, rationalism as a source of knowledge. .

Limits of knowledge: Scepticism, can we know anything at all? Philosophical scepticism and normal incredulity, local and global scepticism, Descartes three waves of doubt. Responses to these sceptical theories.

Teleological arguments relating to the existence of God

Religious Language

Assessment Mock Exams Mock Exams
Term 3

Aristotle and Meta Ethics

Reason as a source of knowledge

Limits of knowledge

The Problem of Evil

Revision

 

 

 

  1. Y12 unit 1 Epistemology: 1. Key Terms - Definitions of Knowledgepdf
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  2. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY: 2. K=JTBpdf
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  3. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY: 3. Gettier and Fake Barnspdf
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  4. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY: 4. Responses to Gettierpdf
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  5. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY: 5.Counter Responses to Gettier and Exam Questionpdf
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  6. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY PERCEPTION: 1. Key Terms and Definitions of perceptionpdf
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  7. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY PERCEPTION: 2. Direct Realismpdf
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  8. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY PERCEPTION: 3. Illusions and Hallucinationspdf
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  9. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY PERCEPTION: 4. Perceptional Variationpdf
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  10. Y13 UNIT 3 METAPHYSICS OF GOD: 7 Issues with the Teleological Argumentpdf
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  11. Y13 UNIT 3 METAPHYSICS OF GOD: 8 Religious Languagepdf
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  12. Y13 UNIT 4 METAPHYSICS OF mind: 1 Introductionpdf
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  13. Y13 UNIT 4 METAPHYSICS OF MIND: 2 Substance Dualismpdf
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  14. Y13 UNIT 4 METAPHYSICS OF MIND: 3 Property Dualismpdf
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  15. Y13 UNIT 4 METAPHYSICS OF MIND: 4 Issues facing Dualismpdf
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  16. Y13 UNIT 4 METAPHYSICS OF MIND: 5 Philosophical Behaviourismpdf
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  17. Y13 UNIT 4 METAPHYSICS OF MIND: 6 Identity Theorypdf
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  18. Y13 UNIT 4 METAPHYSICS OF MIND: 7 Functionalismpdf
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  19. Y13 UNIT 4 METAPHYSICS OF MIND: 8 Eliminative Materialismpdf
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  20. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY PERCEPTION: 5. Timelagpdf
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  21. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY PERCEPTION: 6. Indirect Realismpdf
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  22. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY Perception: 7. Issues and Responses to Indirect Realismpdf
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  23. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY PERCEPTION: 8. Idealismpdf
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  24. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY PERCEPTION: 9. Master Arguementpdf
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  25. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY PERCEPTION: 10. Problems with the role of Godpdf
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  26. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY PERCEPTION: 11. Overview and Exam Questionspdf
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  27. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY Reason as source of knowledge: 1. Key Terms and definitionspdf
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  28. Y12 UNIT 1 EPISTEMOLOGY REASON AS SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE: 2. Theories and Criticismspdf
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  29. Y12 UNIT 2 Moral philosophy: 1 Bentham's utilitarianismpdf
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  30. Y12 UNIT 2 MORAL PHILOSOPHY: 2 Mill's utilitarianismpdf
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  31. Y12 UNIT 2 MORAL PHILOSOPHY: 3 Kant's deontological ethicspdf
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  32. Y12 UNIT 2 MORAL PHILOSOPHY: 4 Aristotle's virtue ethicspdf
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  33. Y12 UNIT 2 MORAL PHILOSOPHY: 5 Applied ethicspdf
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  34. Y12 UNIT 2 MORAL PHILOSOPHY: 6 moral realismpdf
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  35. Y12 UNIT 2 MORAL PHILOSOPHY: 7 anti-realismpdf
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  36. Y13 Unit 3 Metaphysics of God: 1 Problem of Evilpdf
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  37. Y13 UNIT 3 METAPHYSICS OF GOD: 2 Concept of Godpdf
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  38. Y13 UNIT 3 METAPHYSICS OF GOD: 3 Ontological Argumentpdf
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  39. Y13 UNIT 3 METAPHYSICS OF GOD: 4 Cosmological Argumentpdf
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  40. Y13 UNIT 3 METAPHYSICS OF GOD: 5 Issues with the Cosmological Argumentpdf
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  41. Y13 UNIT 3 METAPHYSICS OF GOD: 6 Teleological Argumentpdf
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