1. Being human
2. Aesthetics
3. Epistemology
4. Ethics
5. Philosophy of religion
6. Philosophy of science
7. Political philosophy
8. Social philosophy
9. HL extension: Philosophy and contemporary issues
10. Prescribed philosophical texts
10.1 Language, Truth and Logic – Alfred Jules Ayer
10.2 The Analects – Confucius
10.3 Meditations on First Philosophy – René Descartes
10.4 Black Skin, White Masks – Frantz Fanon
10.5 On the Genealogy of Morality – Friedrich Nietzsche
10.6 Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach – Martha C. Nussbaum
10.7 The Revolt of the Masses – José Ortega y Gasset
10.8 The Republic, Books IV–IX – Plato
10.9 The Ethics of Authenticity – Charles Taylor
10.10 Tao Te Ching – Lao Tzu
10.11 The Second Sex – Simone de Beauvoir
10.12 On Liberty – John Stuart Mill
Browse syllabus-aligned notes for 10.11 the Second Sex – Simone De Beauvoir. Open each subtopic for focused explanations, examples, and summaries.
10.11.1 Volume I, Part I: Destiny - Biology, Psychoanalysis, and Historical Materialism
41 minute read
10.11.2 Volume I, Part I: Destiny - Woman as Other
39 minute read
10.11.3 Volume II, Part I: Childhood - Becoming Woman
43 minute read
10.11.4 Volume II, Part I: Childhood - Consciousness and Ambiguity
35 minute read
10.11.5 Volume II, Part IV: The Independent Woman - The Illusion of Freedom
10.11.6 Volume II, Part IV: The Independent Woman - Authentic Freedom
47 minute read
10.11.7 Connections to the Core Theme and Optional Themes
46 minute read