On this page you will find our 2021 - 2022 School Year Calendar, Our daily schedule, and our class topic schedule broken down day by day
There are a few oddities in the calendar this year to be aware of.
Week 1 will consist of your first two classes (now known as 1 and 2) and week 2 will consist of your second two classes (now known as 3 and 4).
It will be important to keep up with the assigned material each and every day. You will note that there are no exams on the provided calendar. This means that term work will be worth more, and it will be important to ensure that you are tracking and keeping up with assigned work and readings.
I will be available every day via e-mail and Google Classroom to help if questions arise.
Daily Schedule
8:15 am Homeroom
8:15 am - 9:35 am Period 1
Break
9:40 am - 10:55 am Period 2
Lunch Break
11:50 am - 1:10 pm Period 3
Break
1:15 pm - 2:30 pm Period 4
2:30 pm End of the School Day
Course Outline
What is philosophy? How do we organize or categorize philosophy? What are some of the big questions that we wrestle with and what kind of questions have people previously wrestled with?
What is truth? How do we know what is true? How can we measure truth? What kind of data, information and arguments are available to us? What are the strengths and weaknesses of certain types of data or reasoning?
What makes up the world around us? What implications does this have on ourselves, our science, our systems of knowledge? What implications does this question have on other fields, systems and theories?
What is 'the good life'? What is justice, morality, or goodness? How can I measure what is right or wrong? What systems might be used to foster moral character or behaviour?
What is the best kind of society to live in? What is the purpose of the state and what should be the goals of the various political systems? How do we understand the role of leaders and citizens with society?
What is science? What has been the process by which science has been developed? How has science shaped our world? What are the limits or science? What benefits have emerged from its adaptation?
Why are some things beautiful and others repugnant? How do we identify value? What shapes our perceptions and valuations of the world around us?
Who are you? What parts of our experience shape us the most? What parts of ourselves are interchangeable or auxiliary to our core identity? How do we change or grow in our identity or lived lives?
What problems or issues is humanity facing now? What are the different perspectives that we might need to consider in addressing these issues?