Year 11 QCE Assessment Booklet 2019

YEAR 11 PHILOSOPHY AND REASON (QCE)

SUBJECT OVERVIEW Philosophy & Reason combines the discipline of philosophy with the associated skills of critical reasoning. The study of philosophy allows students to recognise the relevance of various philosophies to different political, ethical, religious and scientific positions. It also allows them to realise that decisions in these areas are the result of the acceptance of certain ideas and specific modes of reasoning. In addition, critical reasoning and logic provide knowledge, skills and understanding so students are able to engage with, examine and analyse classical and contemporary ideas and issues. The study of philosophy enables students to make rational arguments, espouse viewpoints and engage in informed discourse. In Philosophy & Reason, students learn to understand and use reasoning to develop coherent world-views and to reflect upon the nature of their own decisions as well as their responses to the views of others. In studying Year 11 Philosophy and Reason, students will learn about: fundamentals of reason, philosophy of religion, applied ethics and the philosophy of the mind. YR 11 COURSE OUTLINE UNIT FOCUS 1. Fundamentals of Reason

In Unit 1, students will examine inductive and deductive reasoning and identify associated fallacies and shortcomings. Students use modern symbolic language as an effective system for the analysis and evaluation of arguments. To assess an argument is to assess a truth claim. This skill is therefore foundational to both the process of critical inquiry and our knowledge about the world. In Unit 2, students will explore how the fundamentals of reason are foundational to philosophical inquiry. Through a study of arguments from two areas of philosophy, they will examine in detail how the fundamentals of reason are applied in philosophical thinking. In Unit 3, students will investigate how moral issues can be understood and engaged with through a rational framework. They will analyse and evaluate a range of ethical theories and understand their implications for classical and contemporary issues. Students will also undertake an in-depth study of a school of thought by exploring its relevance to modern society.

2. Reason in Philosophy

3. Moral philosophy and schools of thought

YR 11 ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW

UNIT

TASK

ISSUE DATE

DUE DATE

1

1. Examination – Extended Response 2. Examination – Extended Response

Term 1 Week 4 Term 1 Week 8 Term 2 Week 8 Term 3 Week 6-8

2

3. Extended Response – Analytic Response Term 1 Week 9

4. Examination – Extended Response

3

To be assessed in Year 12

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