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HZT4U EXAM REVIEW

Exam is out of: 85

WORTH 20% OF OVERALL MARK
Breakdown:
20PartA:MultipleChoiceScantron
20PartB:TrueorFalseScantron
20PartC:MatchingScantron
10PartD:FillintheBlanksAnsweronExampaper
15PartE:ShortAnswerQuestionsFoolscappaper
UNIT 1: INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY

What does philosophy mean?

Review The Value of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell (diagnostic
assessment)
Review the Tree Problem (If a tree falls in a forest...)
What did Socrates mean by The unexamined life is not worth
living?
Who was Leo Tolstoy? Review the conclusion he arrived at.
Review the branches of philosophy

UNIT 2: LOGIC

What is a fallacy?
Know the fallacies and be able to identify examples of each
fallacy
Formal logic: conditional and categorical syllogisms.
Know the structure of each syllogism. (E.g. consequent,
antecedent, letters used to represent parts of the syllogism, etc.)
Tested on formal logic in: Part A, Part B of the exam

UNIT 3: METAPHYSICS

What is metaphysics?
Review the Pre-Socratic philosophers
Platos Cave
Ren Descartes (The Wax Argument, should we trust our
senses?)
Benedict Spinozas determinism; free will is an illusion

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UNIT 4: ETHICS

What is ethics?
Review J.S Mills Utilitarianism
Kants deontological ethics
Review egoism
Briefly review Benedict & Rachels views on cultural relativism

UNIT 5: POLITICAL & SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY

Briefly know Platos view on democracy

Monarchy
Oligarchy
Empire
Theocracy
Democracy

Know the difference between direct and

representative/indirect democracy