Philosophy

Group 3 subject
Assessments from 2016 to 2024

Description

The philosophy course provides an opportunity for students to engage with some of the world’s most interesting and influential thinkers. It also develops highly transferable skills such as the ability to formulate arguments clearly, to make reasoned judgments, and to evaluate highly complex and multifaceted issues. The emphasis of the DP philosophy course is on “doing philosophy,” that is, on actively engaging students in philosophical activity. The course is focused on stimulating students’ intellectual curiosity and encouraging them to examine both their own perspectives and those of others. Students are challenged to develop their own philosophical voice and to grow into independent thinkers. They develop their skills through the study of philosophical themes and the close reading of a philosophical text. They also learn to apply their philosophical knowledge and skills to real-life situations and to explore how non-philosophical material can be treated in a philosophical way. Teachers explicitly teach thinking and research skills such as comprehension, text analysis, transfer, and use of primary sources.

Past Syllabuses

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Philosophical Analysis Of A Non-Philosophical Stimulus

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Predicted Grade
49
Predicted Mark
Using the undefined grade boundary
0

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Predicted Mark Probability Distribution

Historical Grade Boundaries

Historical Grade Boundaries Graph for
SL Philosophy
SL Philosophy
Boundary* Markband
1234567
M19 TZ0 0112437506375
N19 TZ0 0132840546679
N20 TZ0 0122638526476
M21 TZ0 0132532445974
M22 TZ0 0132539506274
M23 TZ1 0132638526679
M23 TZ2 0153044566677
N23 TZ0 0112436516377
M24 TZ1 0132638526679
M24 TZ2 0153044566677
HL Philosophy
Boundary* Markband
1234567
M19 TZ0 0122540536679
N19 TZ0 0112340546780
N20 TZ0 0112340546678
M21 TZ0 0112634506175
M22 TZ0 0112538496275
N22 TZ0 0132640546881
M23 TZ1 0122540546780
M23 TZ2 0122539526476
N23 TZ0 0112340546780
M24 TZ1 0122540546780
M24 TZ2 0122539526577

*Timezone 0 (Worldwide)

*Timezone 1 (North America, South America)

*Timezone 2 (Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Oceania)

NOTE: N20, M21, N21, M22, N22 grade boundaries were artificially low due to COVID. There were also

NOTE: Beware of using outdated grade boundaries. Many subjects have since updated their syllabus.