Philosophy

Welcome to Philosophy

Welcome to A Level Philosophy, we hope you are excited to begin the course in September, we cannot wait to meet you all! In preparation for this, please see below useful information and your summer assignment that will prepare you for the course.

Religious Studies for OCR

Essential for Year 1

Religious Studies for OCR - Revision Guide

Optional

If you would like to do some reading on the sorts of things, we will be exploring over the next 2 years, consider buying

one of these books to start you off:

‘Sophie’s World’ by Jostein Gaarder
‘The Philosophy Gym’ by Stephen Law
‘The Pig That Eats Itself’ by Julian Baggini
‘The Consolations of Philosophy’ by Alain de Botton

Summer Assignment

Work that is expected will be completed and will form part of the first few weeks of teaching.

Watch the film ‘The Matrix’ (1999) and write a response to the question below:

“We live in a computer-generated dream world” - Do you agree?

Demonstrate you have considered more than one point of view. You can write as much or as little as you like but have your assignment ready and to hand at the start of your first PER lesson, for discussion and debate.

Get in touch

For more information about the course or for questions on any of the activities above, don't hesitate to email us:

Cameron Macintyre CMacintyre@bohunt.hants.sch.uk

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