Ib philosophy - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

IB Philosophy - Core Theme SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT ANSWERS Allegory of the cave (Plato's cave) - ANSWER To be liberated from the cave we must precede into the light, dismissing appearances as mere illusion and seek true knowledge. This is when we reach our goal ('telos') Normative - ANSWER how we should be/what we should do The Tri-partite soul (Plato) - ANSWER Reason (control), Spirit (emotions like pride and courage), Appetite (bodily and wordly desires) The Materialist view (H...

Absolutism - CORRECT ANSWER The claim that there exists a universally valid moral system. Absolutism (2) - CORRECT ANSWER This idea opposes moral relativism which denies that there exists a universally applicable set of moral principles. Absolutism (3) - CORRECT ANSWER This idea can also claim that moral rules of principles do not admit any exceptions. Absurd - CORRECT ANSWER Items and or ideas that are irrational, self-contradictory, and patently false. Absurd (2) - C...

IB Philosophy Human Nature - Study Notes

- IB philosophy core theme essay on freedom and determinism - Band 7 essay (24/25) - Essay is structured with subtitles and bullet points

Plato's Allegory of the Cave - correct answer explores the notion of belief, illusion, knowledge and truth. Shadows (doubts, prejudices, cultural norms) play a role in the illustration of our ability or inability to be freed from illusion (or gain new knowledge and understanding) Existentialism - correct answer people are free agents who have control over their own thoughts and actions Sartre - correct answer we are all born as a blank slate, we can make it into whatever we want, we...

Ontological Argument - correct answer Argument proving the existence of god. Descartes' Ontological Argument - correct answer gods existence is a property of god clearly and distinctly perceived. God's nature exists and i cannot will it to be any other way Cogito Ergo Sum - correct answer "I think therefore I am" Descartes argues that one must doubt everything that one cannot be absolutely sure of. Descartes contends that the only thing humans can be sure of is their own existenc...

IB Philosophy - Core Theme SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT ANSWERS Allegory of the cave (Plato's cave) - ANSWER To be liberated from the cave we must precede into the light, dismissing appearances as mere illusion and seek true knowledge. This is when we reach our goal ('telos') Normative - ANSWER how we should be/what we should do The Tri-partite soul (Plato) - ANSWER Reason (control), Spirit (emotions like pride and courage), Appetite (bodily and wordly desires) The Materialist view (H...

ideology CORRECT ANSWER A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. state CORRECT ANSWER A nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. liberalism CORRECT ANSWER A political ideology that is characterised by the twin principles of individuality and freedom. shoe-pinching argument CORRECT ANSWER A liberal argument that admits not all people's rights will be violated, just as not...

Plato (human nature) - ANSWER Rationalist Descartes (human nature) - ANSWER Rationalist Locke (human nature) - ANSWER empiricist - blank slate Hobbes (human nature) - ANSWER State of nature - bad Rousseau (human nature) - ANSWER State of nature - good Darwin (human nature) - ANSWER irrational - evolution Descartes (mind/body) - ANSWER Substance dualist - mind does not depend on body Searle (mind/body) - ANSWER mind depends on body Socrates (mind/body) - ANSWER Mind is slave to body Denn...

A Priori - CORRECT ANSWER Before the fact. A Posteriori - CORRECT ANSWER After the fact. Absolutism - CORRECT ANSWER Ethics theory that there is only one absolute right, and one absolute wrong; One standard. Relativism - CORRECT ANSWER Denies the existence of a single, universally applicable moral standard. As the name implies, ethical relativists believe insist that the correct morality is relative to one's society: each society has its own morality, and an action of one person is m...