Monday, June 15, 2015

What I have learned this semester ...


Sometimes we don't see eye to eye
and that is all right.






When I am least expecting it
something will happen that will change how I think.







No matter how hard I try, sometimes people
won't change how they think ... and that is all right.








Mondays make me happy.







When things go wrong ... hug it out.







When we play, we play nice.
If we hurt someone, 
we try our best to make it better.




Circle time:
What have you learned?



Monday, June 8, 2015

Exam review


Themes
People
Words

Ethics

Good Vs. Bad (evil)
Buddha
Confucius
Plato
Aristotle
Moral agent
Nihilism
Humanism
Golden Mean
4 main questions:
  1. are moral choices possible
  2. why do the right thing
  3. how can people be good without religion
  4. how should the rightness of wrongness be determined

Socrates
Hedonist
Stoic
Good Life

Thomas Aquinas
Kierkegaard
Nietzsche
Sartre
Bentham
Kant
Good Person



Utilitarianism


Euthanasia
Genethics

Metaphysics





Platonic Realism
Materialism
Ontology
Determinism
Taoism

Self Theories:

Descartes
Hume
Ricoeur
Sartre
Substance
Bundle
Narrative
Project

Person(hood)

Locke
Dennett
Warren
Baier

Mind-Brain Question


Materialist
Identity Theorist
Subjectivist

Supreme Being














Sartre
Theism
Deism
Polytheism
Monotheism
Pantheism
Ontological Argument
Cosmological Argument
Argument from Design
Pascal’s Wager
Atheists’ Argument
Determinism
Free Will(ism)
Existentialism
Nihilism


HZT4U Philosophy EXAM Marks    Student Name:______________________        /120 =   _____%
Question 1Knowledge

  • Uses accurate vocabulary, ideas and isms to support point of view
  • Demonstrates understanding among philosophical facts, ideas, and concepts
  • Presents information which has variety, depth, and relevance
  • Uses quotations appropriately and effectively to support ideas


/15

Thinking

  • Sophisticated, explicit point of view
  • A minimum of 2 clear theories that outline and support answer
  • Sophisticated thought and insight
  • Uses point-proof-comment method effectively; comments reveal solid analysis and connections


        
/15

Communication

  • Logical progressions of linked thoughts
  • Organization of paragraphs and thoughtful transitions between points and arguments
  • Unity and cohesion of thoughts
  • Uses appropriate wording and sentence structure
  • Uses appropriate structural organization (intro, supporting paragraphs, conclusion)
  • Appropriate voice is used

/15

Application

  • Relevant links to modern societal structures
  • Clear and precise examples of  societal links are well explained





        

/15

FPT

Wed:
Written:
Samantha
Sam
Keira
Matt
Cailen
Kayla

One on on:
Katie
Alfred
Celine
Jake

Thurs: Group
Maddie
Zoe
Zoe
Breanna
Aria
Lindsay


Fri:
one on one:
Zack
Andrew
Taylor
Allie

Motivation


Circle time:

What do you need right now to motivate you?

Thursday, June 4, 2015

FPT

Choice 1:
Debate on one of these three questions.  Topic to be chosen at random on the day of the debate.



  1. Is selfishness solely a vice?
  2. Is empirical science -- as in science which involves experimentation and quantifiable data -- the only way to gain knowledge?
  3. Are anger, discompassion and hatred symptoms of weakness?



Choice 2:
Personal discussion with me.  10 minutes in length.  Topic to be chosen at random on the day of the debate.

Choice 3:
Personal written response.  500 words.  Topic to be chosen at random on the day of the task.

Rubric

FPT Options

Debate Example:
How is policing changing the way we live our lives?  Are the decisions of police often unjustified?  Discuss, providing philosophers and theories that would both agree and disagree with your personal philosophy.


Conversation Example:
Given these human rights (I would provide 5), rank them in order of importance.  Find philosophers who would disagree and agree with your personal philosophy.  Be prepared to defend your point of view and have societal links to substantiate it.


Written Question Example:
In deciding who you would save (one person or a group) from an oncoming train, what parameters to you put on the importance of life?  Outline your parameters and find two philosophers (one from each of two units) who would agree with you.

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Test Review

Political:
Anarchism
democracy
totalitarianism
fascism
conservatism
libertarianism
liberalism
Machiavellianism (fear vs. love)
social contract


Social:
utopianism
religious utopianism
feminism: Caitlyn Jenner
religious pluralism
social contract
civil disobedience
existentialism marxism: (Marcuse): Caitlyn Jenner
liberalism: Caitlyn Jenner

Events:
same sex marriage: Ireland
Mozambique decriminalizing homosexuality
sex-ed curriculum Ontario
tax savings on feminine hygiene products
Rand Paul filibuster
Fifa controversy
Water in Texas
Heat in India
hospital shooting in Guelph
California drought
Fires burning in Alberta


Monday, June 1, 2015

These next few weeks ...

Mon: circle
Tues: (Lindsay absent), test prep
Wed: Test
Thurs: Kayla and Zack to write test, FPT prep
Fri: FPT prep
Mon:circle, letters
Tues:
Wed:
Thurs:
Fri:
Mon: circle, letters
Tues: exam questions and prep
Wed: exam questions and prep

Try again ...


Circle Time:
Who is your greatest encourager?  What have they encouraged you to try again?



1.  Discussion of what is in the media.
2,  Test prep.