IB PHILOSOPHY PAPER 1 ESSAY MEMORIZATION 2023 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS VERIFIED AND PASSED

SIX THEMES OR PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Human nature 2. Personhood 3. Mind and body distinction 4. The self and the other 5. Freedom 6. Identity Rational theory of human nature features versus irrational theory features (And key philosophers) - CORRECT ANSWER Rationalism claims that human nature is objective, autonomous, self-evident, able to be known, and based on self-control. It's major philosophers are Plato and Descartes. Chariot analogy. Irrationalism or perspectives is a form of relativism that claims that truth or objectivity about human nature is a myth because no belief can be separated from the writer, and thus will always be subjective. Major philosophers are Darwin, Freud, and Nietzsche. Counterclaim to the rational theory of human nature - CORRECT ANSWER Just because the theory provides account on how short term gratification can be withheld for long term satisfaction does not necessitate that rationality is divine or superior. Some people with disabilities are not able to do this. Reason can be argued to be complex self-interested instinct. The blank state theory of human nature and major philsopher - CORRECT ANSWER Tabula rasa, holds that the axiom of empiricism, rational or irrationalism