Philosophical questions are concerned with what is fundamental, and give little clue as to how we should go about answering them. Indeed, part of the philosopher’s job is to discover or invent a suitable method for uncovering fundamental truths about what there is, how much we can know and how we ought to behave. The questions tend to be abstract, contentious and hard; answers are often tentative, and they rarely satisfy everybody. But this shouldn’t be taken to imply that there is no truth to be found: as with the study of natural science, the study of philosophy requires us to take reasons seriously while engaging rigorously with some of the most important and pressing questions there are.
Our offers of places into Year 12 are conditional upon a candidate achieving a minimum of six 8s or 9s at GCSE, including Grades 8 or 9 in the subjects proposed for study at A Level.
The course is supported by readings from primary texts, with texts ranging from Ancient Greece to the 21st Century. Pupils are examined on their capacity to analyse and evaluate the arguments of others and, crucially, to present their own arguments clearly and logically. There are two exams in Trinity of the U6th, each worth 50% of the A-level. Both are three hours long and are composed of a mixture of short, medium and essay-length answers. Paper 1: Epistemology & Moral Philosophy. Paper 2: Metaphysics of God & Metaphysics of Mind.
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Philosophical questions are concerned with what is fundamental, and give little clue as to how we should go about answering them. Indeed, part of the philosopher’s job is to discover or invent a suitable method for uncovering fundamental truths about what there is, how much we can know and how we ought to behave. The questions tend to be abstract, contentious and hard; answers are often tentative, and they rarely satisfy everybody. But this shouldn’t be taken to imply that there is no truth to be found: as with the study of natural science, the study of philosophy requires us to take reasons seriously while engaging rigorously with some of the most important and pressing questions there are.
Our offers of places into Year 12 are conditional upon a candidate achieving a minimum of six 8s or 9s at GCSE, including Grades 8 or 9 in the subjects proposed for study at A Level.
The course is supported by readings from primary texts, with texts ranging from Ancient Greece to the 21st Century. Pupils are examined on their capacity to analyse and evaluate the arguments of others and, crucially, to present their own arguments clearly and logically. There are two exams in Trinity of the U6th, each worth 50% of the A-level. Both are three hours long and are composed of a mixture of short, medium and essay-length answers. Paper 1: Epistemology & Moral Philosophy. Paper 2: Metaphysics of God & Metaphysics of Mind.