IB PHILOSOPHY CORE THEME EXAM SCRIPT
2026 COMPLETE TESTED QUESTIONS
ANSWERS
◉ Subjectivity (Kiekegaard). Answer: Things affect people in
different ways (truth is subjectivity, subjectivity is truth)
◉ Freedom (Kiekegaard). Answer: "if man can give any reasons for
his choice, then the choice is determined by the reasons and is not
truly free"
◉ Nihilism (Nietzsche). Answer: "God is dead". There is no
transcendental being or truth. We must live our lives of now
◉ Ubermensch (Nietzsche). Answer: aim to supreme being
◉ "Existence precedes essence" (Sartre). Answer: how we act
determines our apparent "qualitites" not the essence of oneself
◉ Subject rather than object (Sartre). Answer: Humans are not
objects to be used by God or the government. We must look deeper
than our roles.
, ◉ Choice (Sartre). Answer: I cannot not choose. If i do not choose,
that is still a choice. Inevitable.
◉ Responsibility (Sartre). Answer: we are responsible for everything
we do "I am responsible for my very desire of fleeing
responsibilities"
◉ Bad Faith (Sartre). Answer: guilty of regarding oneself not as 'free'
but as an 'object. Hiding the true self
◉ The outsider (Camus). Answer: We are all outsiders who only care
about ourselves
◉ Dualism (Plato + Socrates). Answer: the body and mind are
seperate
◉ Soul. Answer: non-physical and indestructible. Means of accessing
universal forms (Plato)
◉ Method of Doubt (Descartes) (Evidence for dualism). Answer: If
you can doubt something there is something that is doubting.
Something is thinking which is certain. 'I think therefore I am'
2026 COMPLETE TESTED QUESTIONS
ANSWERS
◉ Subjectivity (Kiekegaard). Answer: Things affect people in
different ways (truth is subjectivity, subjectivity is truth)
◉ Freedom (Kiekegaard). Answer: "if man can give any reasons for
his choice, then the choice is determined by the reasons and is not
truly free"
◉ Nihilism (Nietzsche). Answer: "God is dead". There is no
transcendental being or truth. We must live our lives of now
◉ Ubermensch (Nietzsche). Answer: aim to supreme being
◉ "Existence precedes essence" (Sartre). Answer: how we act
determines our apparent "qualitites" not the essence of oneself
◉ Subject rather than object (Sartre). Answer: Humans are not
objects to be used by God or the government. We must look deeper
than our roles.
, ◉ Choice (Sartre). Answer: I cannot not choose. If i do not choose,
that is still a choice. Inevitable.
◉ Responsibility (Sartre). Answer: we are responsible for everything
we do "I am responsible for my very desire of fleeing
responsibilities"
◉ Bad Faith (Sartre). Answer: guilty of regarding oneself not as 'free'
but as an 'object. Hiding the true self
◉ The outsider (Camus). Answer: We are all outsiders who only care
about ourselves
◉ Dualism (Plato + Socrates). Answer: the body and mind are
seperate
◉ Soul. Answer: non-physical and indestructible. Means of accessing
universal forms (Plato)
◉ Method of Doubt (Descartes) (Evidence for dualism). Answer: If
you can doubt something there is something that is doubting.
Something is thinking which is certain. 'I think therefore I am'
