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Grade 11 Philosophy: The Big Questions (HZB3M)

The Ontario Grade 11 course Philosophy: The Big Questions has four strands, from research skills to the relevance of philosophy. The museum maps eight expectations, in three strands, through the thinkers and debates of the Islamic world.

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Strand B: Philosophical Foundations

The areas of philosophy, how traditions approach the big questions, and the terms they use (expectations B1, B2 and B3). The museum maps four lessons.

  1. Ethics, politics and free will in the Islamic world How two areas of philosophy, moral philosophy and the question of human choice, appear in two records of the Islamic world (B1.1, B1.2). ScholarReflection
  2. Greek traditions reach Arabic How the traditions of Plato and Aristotle came to readers of Arabic (B2.1). Scholar × 2
  3. Philosophy and revealed law: two answers Two thinkers of the Islamic world on one big question, how philosophy relates to revealed law (B2.2). ObjectReflection
  4. Words under debate: soul and decree How some authors of the Islamic world use two central terms, the soul and the decree (B3.1). ScholarReflection

Strand C: Philosophical Skills

Terms and fallacies of reasoning, the analysis of philosophers' answers, and the student's own responses (expectations C1, C2 and C3). The museum maps one lesson, on critics of the philosophers.

  1. A critic of the philosophers One critic of the philosophers, Ibn Khaldun, and the arguments he uses (C2.1, C2.2). Reflection

Strand D: The Relevance of Philosophy

The relevance of philosophy to everyday life, to the community and to other subjects and careers (expectations D1 and D2). The museum maps one lesson, on two public debates.

  1. Big questions in public debates: nature and the beginning of life Two public debates that the curriculum names, the environment and abortion, as the museum's records of Islamic thought state them (D1.2). Reflection × 2

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