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PHILOSOPHYWritten examination
Thursday 15 November 2018 Reading time: 11.45 am to 12.00 noon (15 minutes) Writing time: 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm (2 hours)
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Structure of bookSection Number of
questionsNumber of questions
to be answeredNumber of
marks
A 5 5 20B 2 2 20C 3 1 20
Total 60
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©VICTORIANCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY2018
SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2018
STUDENT NUMBER
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2018PHILOSOPHYEXAM 2
SECTION A – continued
Question 1 (3 marks)In his ‘Sixth Meditation’, Descartes argues that it is certain that he can exist without his body.
State the premises of his argument.
Question 2 (2 marks) Use an example to explain one of Armstrong’s objections to behaviourism.
SECTION A
Instructions for Section AAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.
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SECTION A – continuedTURN OVER
Question 3 (5marks) a. OutlineanargumentusedbyHumetosupporthisscepticalviewofpersonalidentity. 3marks
b. OutlineoneobjectionthatcouldbemadetoHume’sscepticalviewofpersonalidentity. 2marks
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2018PHILOSOPHYEXAM 4
SECTION A – continued
Question 4 (5marks)a. BrieflystateoneviewpointthatAristotleexpressesontheroleofpleasureinthegoodlife. 1mark
b. ExplainhowSocratesmightrespondtoAristotle’sviewpointstatedinpart a. 2marks
c. ExplainhowCalliclesmightrespondtoAristotle’sviewpointstatedinpart a. 2marks
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Question 5 (5marks)a. Nietzscheoffersasingleobjectionto‘hedonismorpessimismorutilitarianismor
eudaemonism’.
Brieflystatethisobjection. 1mark
b. Towhatextentistheobjectionstatedinpart a.afaircriticismofSinger’sargumentin‘Famine,Affluence,andMorality’? 4marks
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2018PHILOSOPHYEXAM 6
SECTION B – Question 1–continued
Question 1 (10marks)
Balance your body,mind and
soul!
Source:mstanley/Shutterstock.com(imageonly)
TowhatextentdoestheadviceintheimageabovemakesenseforArmstrongandSocrates?Wouldeitherofthemberight?Whyorwhynot?
SECTION B
Instructions for Section BAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.
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SECTION B – continuedTURN OVER
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2018PHILOSOPHYEXAM 8
SECTION B – Question 2–continued
Question 2 (10marks)CriticallycomparetheviewsofNagasenaandLockeontheselfanditsrelationshiptomoralresponsibility.Inyourresponse,makereferencetoatleastoneofNagasena’sthoughtexperiments.
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2018PHILOSOPHYEXAM 10
SECTION C – continued
Question 1 (20marks)
Source:ChrisMadden;CartoonStockLtd, <www.CartoonStock.com>
Inthecartoonabove,isanyonelivingthegoodlife?Inyourresponse,drawonphilosophicalsources,includingatleast oneofthefollowing:Plato’sGorgias, Aristotle,Nietzsche,Singer.
OR
Question 2 (20marks)‘Wehaveveryfewrealneeds,butourwantsaredestroyingus.’
Doyouagree?Inyourresponse,drawonrelevantphilosophicalsources,includingatleastoneofthefollowing:Plato’sGorgias, Aristotle,Nietzsche,Singer.
OR
Question 3 (20marks)‘Noneedtoworry:technologywillsaveus.’
Doyouagreewithwhatthisstatementsuggestsabouttechnologyandthegoodlife?Inyourresponse,drawonrelevantphilosophicalsources,includingatleastoneofthefollowing:Plato’sGorgias, Aristotle,Nietzsche,Singer.
SECTION C
Instructions for Section CWriteanessayononeofthefollowingtopics.
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SECTION C – continuedTURN OVER
Question no.
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2018PHILOSOPHYEXAM 12
SECTION C – continued
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SECTION C – continuedTURN OVER
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SECTION C – continued
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TURN OVEREND OF QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
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2018PHILOSOPHYEXAM 16
Extra space for responses
Clearly number all responses in this space.
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TURN OVER
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2018PHILOSOPHYEXAM 18
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2018PHILOSOPHYEXAM 20
Ananswerbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.At the end of the examination, place the answer book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.