Whats Philosophy like?

[cdjm92]

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I want to do an extra yr of VCE, ill do bio and psych, i love philosophy but not sure whether its worthwhile as a study.

Could anyone give me an outline of the unit3-4 course and maybe a sample of some work?

[Vce121]

Unit 3:

The good life,

- Socrates and Aristotle,

- Nietzsche and Murdock


Unit 4:

Mind/body,

- Descartes and Armstrong

- Alternative philisophical position (such as Buddhism) chosen by teacher


Knowledge, belief and science,

- Plato, Popper and Kuhn

This is an outline of the my school's 2009 course. Hope it is helpful. If you want more specific information go to http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studi...ilosophysd.pdf.

cheers.

[cdjm92]

Originally Posted by Vce121

Unit 3:

The good life,

- Socrates and Aristotle,

- Nietzsche and Murdock


Unit 4:

Mind/body,

- Descartes and Armstrong

- Alternative philisophical position (such as Buddhism) chosen by teacher


Knowledge, belief and science,

- Plato, Popper and Kuhn

This is an outline of the my school's 2009 course. Hope it is helpful. If you want more specific information go to http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studi...ilosophysd.pdf.

cheers.

Thanks
So whats the actual work like, is is more like english (essays/analysis etc) or like a science course where the work is just proving you understand the concepts?

[Vce121]

Basically, there are three criterion which are assessed;

- Understanding of philosophical concepts and theories,

- Ability to critically analyse philosophical concepts and theories,

- 'Doing philosophy' - Being able to introduce your own founded ideas and conclusions relating to the topics in discussion and linking them to contemporary debates. (Such as Descartes' definition of existence undermining the argument against abortion)


'Doing philosophy' is apparently the most crucial part of 3/4 philosophy in 2009.. Examiners are interested in our own philosophical platform, not simply regurgitated understandings of philosophers'.

Hope this helps,

Cheers