Philosophy

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Klassenstufen	8-10 (Wahlpflicht), S1-4 (Profil, Wahlpflicht)
Fachkollegen	Dob, Nat, Wil
Fachräume	1 Philosophie-Fachraum für 10. Klassen und Oberstufe, gemeinsam genutzt mit der PGW-Fachschaft, mit einem SMARTBoard

Philosophie– What is this school subject all about?

The canon of subjects at a general education school grows steadily from grade 5 to 10. Languages, Mathematics, Art, Sports, Natural sciences, and then the humanities.

Is that not enough to answer the questions that arise for a developing person?

“No,” says not only the philosopher. “No,” say many students as well. For especially in the sciences, where our world is measured and analytically studied, it quickly becomes clear that questions remain open, indeed some are even created there, which they cannot answer with their own methods.

Where exactness is demanded, where truth should be distinguished from falsehood, there are hurdles and limitations to the final answering of exploratory questions.

Besides the gaps in knowledge left open in the natural sciences, there is also the field of moral conflicts that occupy us daily and seek solutions.

Here philosophy begins. It opens spaces for thought in which human questions have room, such as

“Why is it the way it is?”

“Is there a beginning and an end?”

“Do you see the same thing I see?”

“Is there justice?”

“May one lie?”

“What does death mean?”

The philosophy course teaches across disciplines, namely

to train perception
to interpret facts analytically, i.e. also logically
to recognise external arguments and develop one's own
to be linguistically precise and thereby understandable
to conduct a disputative conversation in a factual and fair manner

Through joint systematic problem reflection, among other things on examples of classic positions in the history of philosophy, students are enabled to contextualise, understand, and evaluate their own thinking and actions as well as those of others.

The aims of philosophy education are a better understanding of the world, a better understanding of our actions and of ourselves. It thus makes an important contribution to independent thinking and to the development of critical thinking. The subject is interdisciplinary in content and can thereby support all other secondary school subjects in Grades 1 and 2 both academically and cross-curricular.

Contents of Philosophy Education at Gymnasium Rahlstedt (internal school curriculum)