Sao Tome and Principe Ensino Secundário - Filosofia (Philosophy)

12th Grade (Provisional Curriculum for 2010-2011 and 2011-2012)

The 12th-grade philosophy curriculum in Sao Tome and Principe, during the academic years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, was designed as a provisional program. The focus of this program was the comprehensive reading of philosophical works and their contextualization within the history of philosophy. No specific texts or topics are detailed in the available documentation.

10th Grade

• Introduction to Philosophy: This unit introduces students to philosophy and philosophical work, covering the concept of philosophy, philosophical questions, and the relationship between philosophy and its history.
• Formal and Informal Logic: This unit covers formal logic (Aristotelian or propositional), including validity, inference, and fallacies, as well as informal logic and argumentation.
• Philosophy of Knowledge and Philosophy of Science: This unit explores the nature of knowledge, comparing different theories of knowledge, and optionally, the status of scientific knowledge and scientific rationality.

11th Grade

• Philosophy of Action: This unit examines human action, including concepts of determinism and freedom.
• Axiology and Ethics: This unit covers values and valuation, the relationship between values and culture, and ethical dimensions of personal and social actions.
• Political Philosophy: This unit explores problems in political philosophy, such as the justification of the state, property, justice, punishment, positive discrimination, democracy, and civil disobedience.
• Philosophy of Religion (Optional): This unit examines the nature of religious experience, including the relationship between philosophy and religion, theism, atheism, and agnosticism, and arguments for and against the existence of God.

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