Bulgaria DZI Philosophy study plan

Map the ancient-to-medieval arc by writing a one-page timeline linking at least eight thinkers to their core ontological claims

Distinguish Parmidean being from Heraclitean becoming in a written comparison of no fewer than 150 words

Explain Aristotle's four causes and apply them to one concrete object without consulting notes

Define substance, essence, and accident in your own words and flag where Plato and Aristotle diverge

Draft twenty recall prompts covering pre-Socratic, Platonic, and Aristotelian ontology

Trace the medieval synthesis by summarizing how Augustine, Aquinas, and Ockham each relate faith to reason

Contrast realist, conceptualist, and nominalist positions on universals in a written table

Outline the modern turn by connecting Descartes' cogito, Spinoza's monism, and Leibniz's monadology

State Kant's Copernican revolution and explain what it does to the question of what exists

Solve ten ontology multiple-choice items under timed conditions and annotate each error

Classify the main branches of philosophy and give one guiding question and one method for each

Distinguish philosophical inquiry from empirical science and from rhetoric using two worked examples

Reconstruct a short philosophical passage into numbered premises and a conclusion

Identify and name at least four informal fallacies in sample arguments

Practice writing a 200-word exegetical paragraph that quotes, paraphrases, and evaluates a claim

Define knowledge as justified true belief and articulate the Gettier problem with one original counterexample

Compare foundationalism, coherentism, and reliabilism on how they handle regress

Distinguish correspondence, coherence, and pragmatic theories of truth with one objection each

Separate deductive validity from inductive strength and identify the form of ten sample inferences

Explain falsification and the hypothetico-deductive model, then apply them to one historical case

Contrast Aristotelian, Kantian, and existentialist accounts of human nature and freedom in a written comparison

Explain determinism, compatibilism, and libertarian freedom and state your own position with two reasons

Distinguish deontological, consequentialist, and virtue-ethical reasoning on a single applied dilemma

Apply the categorical imperative and the utilitarian calculus to the same case and note where they conflict

Define value, norm, and virtue and show how they function differently in moral judgment

Compare Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau on the state of nature and the source of political authority

Explain social contract, legitimacy, and distributive justice, and apply Rawls' veil of ignorance to one policy question

Describe the role of civil society and the rule of law in a functioning state

Outline the main arguments for and against the existence of God and one reply to each

Distinguish faith, belief, and knowledge and assess one religious epistemology claim

Define the aesthetic attitude, beauty, and the sublime and distinguish them with examples

Summarize the mimetic, expressive, and formalist theories of art and one weakness of each

Sketch the contemporary landscape by linking phenomenology, pragmatism, and analytic philosophy to their central concerns

Analyze one unseen philosophical text for thesis, argument structure, and unstated assumptions

Write a timed 25-minute essay answer to a past-style prompt

Consolidate the full historical narrative by reciting the thinker-to-position map from memory

Re-drill every previously missed quiz item until each is answered correctly twice

Complete two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions

Review error patterns and rewrite weak summary sheets for the three lowest-scoring domains

Rehearse concise definitions for forty core terms aloud without notes