Documents for 'Philosophy at the Royal Grammar School'

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The following handouts are available for downloading. The main handouts on the current courses are not available (because it would ruin the surprise).

Course Guides

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AQA AS philosophy specification (summary)

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31

AQA A2 philosophy specification (summary)

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37

Philosophy in the RGS sixth form

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622

     

Background

   

Diagram of Greek Philosophy

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42

Overview of world culture

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32

The schools of philosophy

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50

     

Topics

   

Arguments for God's existence

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60

Religious language

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27

Morality before Aristotle

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27

Main moral theories

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38

Relativism

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35

The problem of induction

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25

Logical Positivism

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31

     

Greek Texts

   

The 'Republic' on the Forms

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48

'Gorgias' key ideas

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116

'Gorgias' guide

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44

'Theaetetus' key ideas

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91

'Theaetetus' summary

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25

Aristotle's 'Ethics' sequence of ideas

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37

Aristotle's 'Politics'

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29

     

Later Texts

   

Hume's 'Enquiry of Human Understanding' outline

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29

Hume's 'Enquiry of Principles of Morals' outline

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111

Bentham on morals, key ideas

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59

Mill's 'Utilitarianism' key ideas

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50

Notes on Mill's 'Utilitarianism'

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28

Nietzsche's 'Beyond Good and Evil' basics

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24

Nietzsche's 'Beyond Good and Evil' summary

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101

Russell's 'Problems' key ideas

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154

Russell's 'Problems' flow diagram

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30

Ryle's 'Concept of Mind' summary

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81

 

 

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