IB Humanities • SL

Philosophy SL

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1 Being Human

1.1 Human Nature

1.1.1 Individuality and Universality

1.1.2 Nature versus Nurture Debate

1.1.3 Scientific Perspectives (e.g., Behaviourism)

1.1.4 Emotion and Reason

2 Aesthetics

2.1 The Nature of Art

2.1.1 What is Art?

2.1.2 Art as Imitation, Transformation, Creation

2.1.3 Art as a Medium

2.1.4 Art and Human Activity

2.1.5 The Nature of Art: Creativity

2.2 The artist and the artistic process

2.2.1 The artist

2.2.2 Accountability and Creative Licence

2.3 Aesthetic experience and judgement

2.3.1 Aesthetic experience

2.3.2 Discussions of Taste

3 Epistemology

3.1 Nature of Knowledge

3.1.1 Experiencing the World

3.1.2 Acquiring Knowledge

3.1.3 Opinion, Belief, Knowledge

3.1.4 Language and Meaning

3.1.5 Truth and Justification

3.1.6 Self-Knowledge

3.2 Problems of Knowledge

3.2.1 Theories of Justification

3.2.2 Scepticism

3.2.3 Subjectivism and Objectivism

3.3 Application of knowledge

3.3.1 Knowledge and power

3.3.2 Access to knowledge

3.3.3 Knowledge and technology

4. Ethics

4.1 Normative ethics

4.1.1 Moral principles

4.1.2 Virtue-/Character-Based Theories

4.1.3 Deontological Theories

4.1.4 Teleological Theories

4.2 Meta-Ethics

4.2.1 Origins and Nature of Moral Values

4.2.2 Foundations for Moral Judgments

4.3 Applied ethics

4.3.1 Biomedical ethics

4.3.2 Environmental Ethics

4.3.3 Distribution of wealth

5 Philosophy and Contemporary Society

5.1 Multiculturalism

5.1.1 The Concept of Culture

5.1.2 Treatment of Minority or Marginalised Groups

5.1.3 Tolerance

5.2 Liberty and Rights

5.2.1 Positive and Negative Liberty

5.2.2 Legal and Human Rights

5.3 Technology and Media

5.3.1 Role of Technology in Contemporary Society

5.3.2 Impact of Technology on Contemporary Society

6 Philosophy of Religion

6.1 Nature and Existence of God

6.1.1 Nature of God

6.1.2 Arguments for the Existence of God

6.1.3 Arguments Against the Existence of God

6.2 Religious Language

6.2.1 Views of Religious Language

6.2.2 The Problem of Religious Language

6.3 Religious Experience and Behaviour

6.3.1 Definitions and Characteristics of Religious Experience

6.3.2 The Value of Religious Experience

7 Philosophy of Science

7.1 Nature and Methodologies of Science

7.1.1 The Nature of Science

7.1.2 Demarcation in Philosophy of Science

7.1.3 Methodologies of Science

7.1.4 The Development of Science

7.2 Science and the Self

7.2.1 Metaphysics and the Nature of Reality

7.2.2 Cognitive Science and the Concept of the Self

7.3 Science and Society

7.3.1 Accountability and Responsibility of the Scientist

7.3.2 Implications of Science

2.2.3 Impact of Technology

2.3.3 Classification and Judgment of Art

2.3.4 Art as a Consumer Good

4.2.3 Ethical language

5.2.3 Censorship and Freedom of Information

5.2.4 Terrorism and Political Violence

5.3.3 The Media in Contemporary Society

6.3.3 Religion in a Multicultural Environment

7.2.3 Biological and Biochemical Explanations of the Self

7.3.3 The Effects of Society and Social Values on Science

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