IB Philosophy Core 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...

IB philosophy core themes SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 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...

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...

IB philosophy core themes SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 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...

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...