IB Philosophy

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1. CBeing human

   1. C.1Identity
   2. C.2The self and the other
   3. C.3Consciousness
   4. C.4Personhood
   5. C.5Human nature
   6. C.6Freedom

2. 1Aesthetics

   1. 1.1The nature of art
   2. 1.2The artist and the artistic process
   3. 1.3Aesthetic experience and judgement

3. 2Epistemology

   1. 2.1Nature of knowledge
   2. 2.2Problems of knowledge
   3. 2.3Application of knowledge

4. 3Ethics

   1. 3.1Normative ethics
   2. 3.2Meta-ethics
   3. 3.3Applied ethics

5. 4Philosophy of religion

   1. 4.1Nature and existence of God
   2. 4.2Religious language
   3. 4.3Religious experience and behaviour

6. 5Philosophy of science

   1. 5.1Nature and methodologies of science
   2. 5.2Science and the self
   3. 5.3Science and society

7. 6Political philosophy

   1. 6.1The state
   2. 6.2Justice
   3. 6.3Liberty and rights

8. 7Social philosophy

   1. 7.1Social structures and institutions
   2. 7.2Equality and discrimination
   3. 7.3Gender

9. TPrescribed text

   1. T.1Alfred Jules Ayer: Language, Truth and Logic
   2. T.2Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex (set parts)
   3. T.3Confucius: The Analects
   4. T.4René Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy
   5. T.5Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Masks
   6. T.6John Stuart Mill: On Liberty
   7. T.7Friedrich Nietzsche: The Genealogy of Morals
   8. T.8Martha C. Nussbaum: Creating Capabilities
   9. T.9José Ortega y Gasset: The Revolt of the Masses
   10. T.10Plato: The Republic, Books IV–IX
   11. T.11Charles Taylor: The Ethics of Authenticity
   12. T.12Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching

10. EPhilosophy and contemporary issuesHL only

    1. E.1Philosophy and technologyHL only
    2. E.2Philosophy and the environmentHL only
    3. E.3The nature, function, meaning and methodology of philosophyHL only