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[madmanjock]

I had the (dis)pleasure of sitting business managment and philosophy on the same day so I'm less confident about my performance compared with how I did in the prelim (sat philosophy 2nd)

I did the Descarte, Existance of God and Voluntary Eutanasia questions from section A,B and C.

[Moniker42]

hey, i just started higher philosophy - i take it it gets more difficult after the month of june, in which we've sat around making mind maps and making our own slippery slope arguments

[ad absurdum]

hey, i just started higher philosophy - i take it it gets more difficult after the month of june, in which we've sat around making mind maps and making our own slippery slope arguments

Do you know if there's a set reading list for higher philosophy? Or are you just taught from a textbook?

[bred]

The SQA don't set a reading list. If you're doing Plato you're supposed to read The Republic. If you're doing Descartes you'll read some of his Meditations. Apart from that I think I just used the text book, the internet and did lots of practice essays.

[CFarrell]

I wish my school would offer Philosophy at some level. I would love to study it, I think its fascinating.

[roboticsdepartment]

i really wanted to do higher this year but it clashed with another subject. i did an intermediate one module last year though so i got myself a wee extra subject on my exam certificate

[star1]

ive to do a philosophy unit soon.
any hints/tips or websites that are helpful? i would be really grateful
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[bred]

A unit?

[ermd]

I didn't know they did Descartes in higher! We did him in Philosophy 1K at uni. I hated having to read Meditations. The writing style is so...17th century!

Here's a Descartes joke for you then:

On a friday night out, Descartes walks in to a bar. He has an inkling for a glass of red wine as opposed to his usual pint of ale. As he approaches the bar, the barman asks, "Will it be your usual pint of ale then, Rene?". "I think not", says Descartes and ceases to exist.

I'm sure there are more where that came from too. =P

[star1]

sorry I did not mean to say unit
any info would be good
star 1
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[bred]

Star: I used http://forums.philosophyforums.com/ a bit.

Erm: I am sure there are plenty more similar jokes of such a high calibre as that one!

[ermd]

Well, on a serious note, is philosophy of the mind in the higher? We looked at Cartesian dualism and the possibility of zombies and mutants when we did it last semester.

[star1]

Star: I used http://forums.philosophyforums.com/ a bit.

Erm: I am sure there are plenty more similar jokes of such a high calibre as that one!

To bred, thank you for the website
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[bred]

Well, on a serious note, is philosophy of the mind in the higher? We looked at Cartesian dualism and the possibility of zombies and mutants when we did it last semester.

It was when I did it, although the course changed this year. Now it seems there are four topics, all of which are mandatory: http://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/NQPhilosop...rrangements.pdf

[bred]

Here are some essays I did for Higher Philosophy. They are of variable quality.

I'll post the Descartes ones first and more soon!

Descartes Certainty: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/983e695d-0044-...24-70da178f6de5

Descartes Clear and Distinct Rule, Dualism: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/05b553b1-db1b-...c9-7b1027cf4ab0

Descartes prelim answer: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/c4b21e2a-4d44-...78-014963eaaae1

Descartes prelim notes: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/3dbb3ea3-da31-...3b-68c5c9fa1284

Descartes Wax: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/99f9490e-6c11-...c5-af44fecfdfb1

[bred]

Ethics

Ethics and the Second Gulf War: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/3d45ae63-80ea-...2c-d0c09260cffb

Ethics homework 25-01-05: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/cdef1e04-5ed0-...85-416578546c4c

Ethics and Prisons: http://www.esnips.com/doc/cf9cc511-8479-4c.../Ethics-Prisons

Utilitarian and Kantian Ethics and War: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/771f170c-25fc-...04-e8881040b764

Utilitarian and Kantian Ethics: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/c001521f-8787-...55-80d44715934b

Ethics and WWII Prelim Answer: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/df74a089-5b85-...df-1e28d07f675d

Ethics and WWII Prelim Plan: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/51a54db7-d807-...73-fc6ed88230d3

[bred]

Plato

Plato Analogy between Sun and Form of the Good: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/1b1cdd06-95f1-...6f-c9f9a2187176

Plato Analogy between Sun and Form of the Good Teacher Criticisms: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/2206ebdd-cc95-...40-22b501cc4210

Plato Divided Line: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/1d2e067f-ddc0-...b2-674294834bbe

Plato Divided Line 2: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/8a7e3744-0d64-...b5-4ccc73526e0d

Plato Philosopher Ruler: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/e48849da-2b0d-...1b-ec448d4df01b

Plato plan: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/8b844f93-305f-...ba-8a11c00c3ff1

Plato Three Similies: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/da28a883-7acd-...51-adfd0fa9b32f

Reality in Gothika: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/3bbe5f5e-7771-...c2-b43b08d0beba

Prelim questions: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/cb49adc3-94b6-...66-a852cb47db75

[star1]

hey bred
thank you so much for all the links!!!!
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[bred]

No prob. A few more:

Free will essay plan: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/59e5a0ba-ba75-...77-a08a27616168

Free will answer: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/cccb512c-0482-...4b-72c8e426b1d6

Reality and the Matrix: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/e6d97bd5-4b11-...42-d7d4f269504b

A few quotes: http://www.esnips.com/nsdoc/5a2d7f06-33ac-...90-8e9eb5194270

[Amy Renee]

I'm sitting Higher Philosophy next year. I'm really excited about it.