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Year 10

Personhood: what does it mean to be alive?

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Pupils will consider what it is that makes a person who they are by examining religious and philsophical explanations for self and conciousness. Next, they will examine the idea of sentience in animals before evauating whether non-human objects of nature, such as rivers, can be said to be alive.

  1. Self: what makes us who we are?
  2. Consciousness: are we just brains in a vat?
  3. Sentience and animal consciousness
  4. Indigenous worldviews and personhood
  5. Reflection: Is a river alive?

  • Pupils will know that philosophers ask questions about reality.
  • Pupils will understand Abrahamic and dharmic worldviews have different understandings of the soul.
  • Pupils will know that philosophers and scientists test theories using evidence and logical arguments.
  • Pupils will be able to listen to each other in debate.
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