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Special At Specialist:
What do you think about picking up unit 3/4 philosophy?
I haven't done units 1 or 2 but I've been interested in philosophy for a while. Will I be disadvantaged without having done year 11 philosophy, or is year 11 completely separate from year 12?

Ghost!:
To a certain extent yes I think you would be exposed to a certain amount of disadvantage. Although Units 1 and 2 aren't strong related to Units 3 and 4 they do explore similar philosophical concepts and the general idea of what philosophy is. Given that it's VCE Philosophy however this disadvantage certainly wouldn't strongly hinder your chances of success, and since VCE Philosophy was by far my favourite subject I'd strong recommend you take it.

Menang:
Do it!

I picked up Philosophy 3/4 on impulse without any previous experience and it ended up being my favorite subject.

The first text you read might be challenging, but you'll be in the same boat since afaik, units 1&2 philosophy doesn't include much reading of philosophy texts anyway.

I struggled in first term but it was definitely way worth it.

Special At Specialist:
That's just what I wanted to hear :)

If I want to get a 40+ study score, what should I do in the summer holidays? Should I read the whole textbook? Should I start writing practice essays in philosophy style?

I've read a bit about Socrates (cave), Plato, Descartes (meditations) and Nietzsche, but I only read them out of interest. I haven't seriously studied them. Is there anything else that I should read?

WhoTookMyUsername:
is there a textbook for philosophy :O

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