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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139

AQA A2 philosophy specification (summary)

1

159

Philosophy in the RGS sixth form

1 110
     

Background

    

Diagram of Greek Philosophy

1

58

Overview of world culture

1

80

The schools of philosophy

1

79
     

Topics

    

Arguments for God's existence

4

60

Religious language

1

27

Morality before Aristotle

1

27

Main moral theories

1

38

Relativism

1

35

The problem of induction

1

25

Logical Positivism

1

31
     

Greek Texts

    

The 'Republic' on the Forms

1

86

'Gorgias' key ideas

4

192

'Gorgias' guide

1

136

'Theaetetus' key ideas

2

178

'Theaetetus' summary

1

99

Aristotle's 'Ethics' sequence of ideas

1

92

Aristotle's 'Politics'

1

96
     

Later Texts

    

Hume's 'Enquiry of Human Understanding' outline

1

111

Hume's 'Enquiry of Principles of Morals' outline

4

186

Bentham on morals, key ideas

2

130

Mill's 'Utilitarianism' key ideas

2

95

Notes on Mill's 'Utilitarianism'

1

101

Nietzsche's 'Beyond Good and Evil' basics

1

96

Nietzsche's 'Beyond Good and Evil' summary

3

189

Russell's 'Problems' key ideas

5

204

Russell's 'Problems' flow diagram

1

64

Ryle's 'Concept of Mind' summary

3

193

 

 

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