Cameroon GCE A-Level Philosophy study plan

Distinguish valid from invalid argument forms (modus ponens, modus tollens, affirming the consequent, denying the antecedent) using at least 20 original examples

Construct truth tables for negation, conjunction, disjunction, conditional and biconditional, and use them to test tautology, contradiction and contingency

Identify and name five informal fallacies (ad hominem, straw man, false dilemma, slippery slope, appeal to authority) in short passages you write yourself

Apply the categorical imperative and the principle of utility to two concrete moral dilemmas and write out the reasoning step by step

Explain the tripartite analysis of knowledge (justified true belief) and state the Gettier problem in your own words without quoting any text

Compare foundationalism, coherentism and reliabilism on what makes a belief justified, listing one strength and one weakness for each

Evaluate the problem of induction and distinguish deductive from inductive reasoning with three original examples

Analyse the sceptical argument from illusion and Descartes' response to it in a short written critique

Summarise Aristotle's virtue ethics (eudaimonia, the doctrine of the mean, habituation) and contrast it with deontology and consequentialism

Trace the shift from ancient to medieval ethics by explaining how Augustine and Aquinas incorporate Greek virtue into a Christian framework

Outline Kant's categorical imperative and Mill's harm principle, then identify one objection to each

Apply virtue ethics to a contemporary issue (for example, academic honesty) and argue for a specific verdict

Map the main periods of Western philosophy (Presocratic, Classical, Hellenistic, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern) onto a timeline with two representative thinkers per period

Explain Plato's theory of Forms and Aristotle's four causes, and state one major criticism of each

Compare rationalism (Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz) and empiricism (Locke, Berkeley, Hume) on the source of knowledge

Outline the central questions of metaphysics: substance, universals, causation, personal identity and free will, and define each in one sentence

Explain ethnophilosophy, philosophic sagacity, nationalist-ideological philosophy and critical hermeneutics as approaches in African philosophy, with one representative thinker for each

State the central claims of Ubuntu and evaluate whether it offers a distinctive moral theory or merely a communitarian emphasis

Analyse the problem of universals (realism, conceptualism, nominalism) and relate it to debates about African identity and tradition

Compare a Western and an African account of personhood and argue for or against their compatibility

Distinguish dualism, materialism, behaviourism, identity theory and functionalism as theories of mind, with one objection to each

Explain the hard problem of consciousness and assess whether physicalism can solve it

Evaluate the problem of other minds and the argument from analogy

Connect debates about personal identity (psychological continuity versus bodily continuity) to the mind-body problem

Explain the social contract tradition (Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau) and contrast it with Rawls' veil of ignorance

Analyse the concepts of justice, liberty, equality and authority, and apply them to a current political issue in Cameroon or Africa

Distinguish negative and positive liberty (Berlin) and evaluate which better serves democratic citizenship

Assess the relationship between law and morality using the Hart-Devlin debate or a comparable case

Synthesise all eight domains into a single concept map linking each domain to at least two others

Complete two timed essay plans (25 minutes each) on unseen questions, one from logic/epistemology and one from ethics/African philosophy

Revise and correct your three weakest areas identified from earlier deliverables, rewriting the relevant notes

Practise defining 30 key terms from memory and check accuracy against your notes