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Grade 11 Thinking & Life.

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Textbook 1Know Thyself: Philosophical Self-Examination, Authenticity, and Identity

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

What Does It Mean to Know Yourself?

Chapter 2

Authenticity and Social Roles

Chapter 3

Self-Deception and Motivated Belief

Chapter 4

Identity Across Time

Textbook 2Agency, Self-Direction, Discipline, and the Examined Life

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Agency and Constraint

Chapter 2

Self-Direction and Commitment

Chapter 3

Discipline and Freedom

Chapter 4

The Examined Organization of a Life

Textbook 3Friendship, Loyalty, Love, and the Good Life

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

What Is Friendship For?

Chapter 2

Loyalty and Its Limits

Chapter 3

Love, Care, and Commitment

Chapter 4

Relationships and Flourishing

Textbook 4Logic, Argumentation, and Epistemology

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Reconstructing Complex Arguments

Chapter 2

Deduction, Induction, and Explanation

Chapter 3

Justification and Evidence

Chapter 4

Disagreement and Intellectual Humility

Textbook 5Ethics as a Discipline: Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Confucius

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Aristotle and Virtue Ethics

Chapter 2

Kant and Duty Ethics

Chapter 3

Mill and Consequentialism

Chapter 4

Confucian Ethics and Comparative Application

Textbook 6Psychology I: Biological, Cognitive, Learning, and Research Methods

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Biological Bases of Behavior

Chapter 2

Sensation, Perception, Attention, and Consciousness

Chapter 3

Learning, Memory, and Cognition

Chapter 4

Research Design, Ethics, and Replication

Textbook 7Psychology II: Development, Personality, Social Life, and Health

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Development and Lifespan Change

Chapter 2

Personality and Individual Differences

Chapter 3

Social Psychology

Chapter 4

Health, Stress, and Behavior

Textbook 8Information Ecosystems, Propaganda, Persuasion, and Evidence at Scale

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Information Ecosystems

Chapter 2

Propaganda Across Contexts

Chapter 3

Persuasion Systems

Chapter 4

Evaluating Evidence at Scale

Textbook 9Risk, Money, Life Planning, Work, and Meaning

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Judgment Under Risk

Chapter 2

Money and Life Planning as Behavior

Chapter 3

Career Adaptability

Chapter 4

Work and Meaning

Textbook 10Comparative Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, Stoicism, Buddhism, Existentialism, and Political Philosophy

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Socrates and Plato

Chapter 2

Stoicism and Buddhism as Philosophy

Chapter 3

Existentialism and the Problem of Meaning

Chapter 4

Political Philosophy as Inquiry

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Know Thyself: Philosophical Self-Examination, Authenticity, and Identity

40 competencies

Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain know thyself in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze know thyself in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving know thyself by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of know thyself to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain authenticity in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze authenticity in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving authenticity by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of authenticity to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain identity narratives in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze identity narratives in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving identity narratives by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of identity narratives to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain self-deception in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze self-deception in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving self-deception by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of self-deception to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain limits of introspection in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze limits of introspection in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving limits of introspection by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of limits of introspection to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Agency, Self-Direction, Discipline, and the Examined Life

60 competencies

Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain know thyself in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze know thyself in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving know thyself by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of know thyself to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain authenticity in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze authenticity in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving authenticity by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of authenticity to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain identity narratives in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze identity narratives in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving identity narratives by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of identity narratives to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain self-deception in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze self-deception in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving self-deception by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of self-deception to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain limits of introspection in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze limits of introspection in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving limits of introspection by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of limits of introspection to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain agency in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze agency in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving agency by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of agency to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain self-direction in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze self-direction in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving self-direction by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of self-direction to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain discipline in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze discipline in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving discipline by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of discipline to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain freedom and constraint in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze freedom and constraint in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving freedom and constraint by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of freedom and constraint to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain examined routines in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze examined routines in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving examined routines by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of examined routines to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Friendship, Loyalty, Love, and the Good Life

60 competencies

Explain Aristotle in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Aristotle in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Aristotle by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Aristotle to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Kant in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Kant in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Kant by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Kant to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Mill in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Mill in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Mill by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Mill to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Confucius in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Confucius in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Confucius by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Confucius to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain applied ethics in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze applied ethics in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving applied ethics by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of applied ethics to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain friendship in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze friendship in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving friendship by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of friendship to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain loyalty in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze loyalty in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving loyalty by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of loyalty to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain love and care in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze love and care in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving love and care by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of love and care to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain commitment in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze commitment in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving commitment by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of commitment to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain relationship flourishing in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze relationship flourishing in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving relationship flourishing by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of relationship flourishing to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Logic, Argumentation, and Epistemology

40 competencies

Explain argument reconstruction in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze argument reconstruction in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving argument reconstruction by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of argument reconstruction to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain deductive and inductive support in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze deductive and inductive support in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving deductive and inductive support by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of deductive and inductive support to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain inference to best explanation in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze inference to best explanation in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving inference to best explanation by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of inference to best explanation to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain epistemic justification in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze epistemic justification in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving epistemic justification by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of epistemic justification to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain disagreement in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze disagreement in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving disagreement by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of disagreement to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Ethics as a Discipline: Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Confucius

40 competencies

Explain Aristotle in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Aristotle in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Aristotle by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Aristotle to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Kant in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Kant in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Kant by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Kant to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Mill in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Mill in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Mill by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Mill to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Confucius in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Confucius in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Confucius by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Confucius to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain applied ethics in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze applied ethics in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving applied ethics by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of applied ethics to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Psychology I: Biological, Cognitive, Learning, and Research Methods

40 competencies

Explain argument reconstruction in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze argument reconstruction in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving argument reconstruction by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of argument reconstruction to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain deductive and inductive support in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze deductive and inductive support in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving deductive and inductive support by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of deductive and inductive support to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain inference to best explanation in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze inference to best explanation in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving inference to best explanation by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of inference to best explanation to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain epistemic justification in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze epistemic justification in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving epistemic justification by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of epistemic justification to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain disagreement in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze disagreement in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving disagreement by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of disagreement to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain biological psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze biological psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving biological psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of biological psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain cognitive psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze cognitive psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving cognitive psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of cognitive psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain developmental psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze developmental psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving developmental psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of developmental psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain social and personality psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze social and personality psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving social and personality psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of social and personality psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain health psychology and methods in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze health psychology and methods in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving health psychology and methods by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of health psychology and methods to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Psychology II: Development, Personality, Social Life, and Health

60 competencies

Explain biological psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze biological psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving biological psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of biological psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain cognitive psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze cognitive psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving cognitive psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of cognitive psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain developmental psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze developmental psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving developmental psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of developmental psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain social and personality psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze social and personality psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving social and personality psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of social and personality psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain health psychology and methods in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze health psychology and methods in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving health psychology and methods by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of health psychology and methods to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain friendship in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze friendship in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving friendship by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of friendship to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain loyalty in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze loyalty in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving loyalty by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of loyalty to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain love and care in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze love and care in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving love and care by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of love and care to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain commitment in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze commitment in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving commitment by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of commitment to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain relationship flourishing in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze relationship flourishing in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving relationship flourishing by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of relationship flourishing to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain know thyself in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze know thyself in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving know thyself by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of know thyself to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain authenticity in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze authenticity in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving authenticity by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of authenticity to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain identity narratives in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze identity narratives in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving identity narratives by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of identity narratives to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain self-deception in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze self-deception in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving self-deception by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of self-deception to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain limits of introspection in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze limits of introspection in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving limits of introspection by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of limits of introspection to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Information Ecosystems, Propaganda, Persuasion, and Evidence at Scale

40 competencies

Explain argument reconstruction in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze argument reconstruction in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving argument reconstruction by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of argument reconstruction to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain deductive and inductive support in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze deductive and inductive support in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving deductive and inductive support by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of deductive and inductive support to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain inference to best explanation in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze inference to best explanation in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving inference to best explanation by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of inference to best explanation to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain epistemic justification in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze epistemic justification in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving epistemic justification by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of epistemic justification to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain disagreement in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze disagreement in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving disagreement by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of disagreement to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain information ecosystems in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze information ecosystems in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving information ecosystems by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of information ecosystems to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain propaganda in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze propaganda in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving propaganda by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of propaganda to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain persuasion in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze persuasion in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving persuasion by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of persuasion to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain institutional credibility in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze institutional credibility in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving institutional credibility by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of institutional credibility to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain evidence synthesis in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze evidence synthesis in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving evidence synthesis by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of evidence synthesis to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Risk, Money, Life Planning, Work, and Meaning

60 competencies

Explain risk judgment in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze risk judgment in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving risk judgment by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of risk judgment to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain life planning in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze life planning in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving life planning by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of life planning to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain financial behavior in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze financial behavior in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving financial behavior by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of financial behavior to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain career adaptability in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze career adaptability in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving career adaptability by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of career adaptability to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain work and meaning in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze work and meaning in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving work and meaning by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of work and meaning to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain agency in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze agency in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving agency by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of agency to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain self-direction in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze self-direction in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving self-direction by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of self-direction to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain discipline in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze discipline in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving discipline by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of discipline to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain freedom and constraint in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze freedom and constraint in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving freedom and constraint by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of freedom and constraint to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain examined routines in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze examined routines in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving examined routines by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of examined routines to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Comparative Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, Stoicism, Buddhism, Existentialism, and Political Philosophy

60 competencies

Explain Aristotle in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Aristotle in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Aristotle by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Aristotle to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Kant in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Kant in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Kant by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Kant to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Mill in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Mill in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Mill by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Mill to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Confucius in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Confucius in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Confucius by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Confucius to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain applied ethics in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze applied ethics in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving applied ethics by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of applied ethics to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain argument reconstruction in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze argument reconstruction in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving argument reconstruction by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of argument reconstruction to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain deductive and inductive support in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze deductive and inductive support in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving deductive and inductive support by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of deductive and inductive support to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain inference to best explanation in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze inference to best explanation in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving inference to best explanation by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of inference to best explanation to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain epistemic justification in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze epistemic justification in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving epistemic justification by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of epistemic justification to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain disagreement in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze disagreement in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving disagreement by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of disagreement to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

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Textbook 1Know Thyself: Philosophical Self-Examination, Authenticity, and Identity

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

What Does It Mean to Know Yourself?

Chapter 2

Authenticity and Social Roles

Chapter 3

Self-Deception and Motivated Belief

Chapter 4

Identity Across Time

Textbook 2Agency, Self-Direction, Discipline, and the Examined Life

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Agency and Constraint

Chapter 2

Self-Direction and Commitment

Chapter 3

Discipline and Freedom

Chapter 4

The Examined Organization of a Life

Textbook 3Friendship, Loyalty, Love, and the Good Life

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

What Is Friendship For?

Chapter 2

Loyalty and Its Limits

Chapter 3

Love, Care, and Commitment

Chapter 4

Relationships and Flourishing

Textbook 4Logic, Argumentation, and Epistemology

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Reconstructing Complex Arguments

Chapter 2

Deduction, Induction, and Explanation

Chapter 3

Justification and Evidence

Chapter 4

Disagreement and Intellectual Humility

Textbook 5Ethics as a Discipline: Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Confucius

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Aristotle and Virtue Ethics

Chapter 2

Kant and Duty Ethics

Chapter 3

Mill and Consequentialism

Chapter 4

Confucian Ethics and Comparative Application

Textbook 6Psychology I: Biological, Cognitive, Learning, and Research Methods

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Biological Bases of Behavior

Chapter 2

Sensation, Perception, Attention, and Consciousness

Chapter 3

Learning, Memory, and Cognition

Chapter 4

Research Design, Ethics, and Replication

Textbook 7Psychology II: Development, Personality, Social Life, and Health

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Development and Lifespan Change

Chapter 2

Personality and Individual Differences

Chapter 3

Social Psychology

Chapter 4

Health, Stress, and Behavior

Textbook 8Information Ecosystems, Propaganda, Persuasion, and Evidence at Scale

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Information Ecosystems

Chapter 2

Propaganda Across Contexts

Chapter 3

Persuasion Systems

Chapter 4

Evaluating Evidence at Scale

Textbook 9Risk, Money, Life Planning, Work, and Meaning

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Judgment Under Risk

Chapter 2

Money and Life Planning as Behavior

Chapter 3

Career Adaptability

Chapter 4

Work and Meaning

Textbook 10Comparative Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, Stoicism, Buddhism, Existentialism, and Political Philosophy

4 chapters · 25 lessons

Chapter 1

Socrates and Plato

Chapter 2

Stoicism and Buddhism as Philosophy

Chapter 3

Existentialism and the Problem of Meaning

Chapter 4

Political Philosophy as Inquiry

Every competency, covered.

The 180 competencies set for Grade 11 Thinking & Life, and every one has lessons behind it.

Know Thyself: Philosophical Self-Examination, Authenticity, and Identity

40 competencies

Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain know thyself in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze know thyself in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving know thyself by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of know thyself to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain authenticity in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze authenticity in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving authenticity by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of authenticity to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain identity narratives in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze identity narratives in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving identity narratives by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of identity narratives to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain self-deception in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze self-deception in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving self-deception by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of self-deception to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain limits of introspection in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze limits of introspection in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving limits of introspection by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of limits of introspection to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Agency, Self-Direction, Discipline, and the Examined Life

60 competencies

Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain know thyself in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze know thyself in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving know thyself by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of know thyself to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain authenticity in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze authenticity in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving authenticity by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of authenticity to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain identity narratives in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze identity narratives in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving identity narratives by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of identity narratives to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain self-deception in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze self-deception in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving self-deception by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of self-deception to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain limits of introspection in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze limits of introspection in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving limits of introspection by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of limits of introspection to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain agency in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze agency in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving agency by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of agency to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain self-direction in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze self-direction in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving self-direction by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of self-direction to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain discipline in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze discipline in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving discipline by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of discipline to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain freedom and constraint in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze freedom and constraint in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving freedom and constraint by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of freedom and constraint to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain examined routines in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze examined routines in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving examined routines by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of examined routines to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Friendship, Loyalty, Love, and the Good Life

60 competencies

Explain Aristotle in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Aristotle in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Aristotle by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Aristotle to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Kant in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Kant in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Kant by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Kant to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Mill in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Mill in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Mill by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Mill to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Confucius in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Confucius in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Confucius by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Confucius to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain applied ethics in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze applied ethics in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving applied ethics by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of applied ethics to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain friendship in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze friendship in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving friendship by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of friendship to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain loyalty in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze loyalty in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving loyalty by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of loyalty to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain love and care in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze love and care in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving love and care by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of love and care to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain commitment in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze commitment in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving commitment by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of commitment to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain relationship flourishing in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze relationship flourishing in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving relationship flourishing by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of relationship flourishing to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Logic, Argumentation, and Epistemology

40 competencies

Explain argument reconstruction in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze argument reconstruction in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving argument reconstruction by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of argument reconstruction to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain deductive and inductive support in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze deductive and inductive support in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving deductive and inductive support by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of deductive and inductive support to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain inference to best explanation in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze inference to best explanation in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving inference to best explanation by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of inference to best explanation to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain epistemic justification in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze epistemic justification in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving epistemic justification by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of epistemic justification to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain disagreement in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze disagreement in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving disagreement by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of disagreement to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Ethics as a Discipline: Aristotle, Kant, Mill, and Confucius

40 competencies

Explain Aristotle in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Aristotle in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Aristotle by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Aristotle to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Kant in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Kant in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Kant by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Kant to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Mill in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Mill in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Mill by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Mill to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Confucius in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Confucius in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Confucius by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Confucius to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain applied ethics in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze applied ethics in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving applied ethics by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of applied ethics to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Psychology I: Biological, Cognitive, Learning, and Research Methods

40 competencies

Explain argument reconstruction in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze argument reconstruction in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving argument reconstruction by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of argument reconstruction to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain deductive and inductive support in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze deductive and inductive support in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving deductive and inductive support by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of deductive and inductive support to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain inference to best explanation in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze inference to best explanation in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving inference to best explanation by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of inference to best explanation to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain epistemic justification in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze epistemic justification in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving epistemic justification by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of epistemic justification to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain disagreement in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze disagreement in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving disagreement by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of disagreement to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain biological psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze biological psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving biological psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of biological psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain cognitive psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze cognitive psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving cognitive psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of cognitive psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain developmental psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze developmental psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving developmental psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of developmental psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain social and personality psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze social and personality psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving social and personality psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of social and personality psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain health psychology and methods in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze health psychology and methods in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving health psychology and methods by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of health psychology and methods to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Psychology II: Development, Personality, Social Life, and Health

60 competencies

Explain biological psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze biological psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving biological psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of biological psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain cognitive psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze cognitive psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving cognitive psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of cognitive psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain developmental psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze developmental psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving developmental psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of developmental psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain social and personality psychology in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze social and personality psychology in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving social and personality psychology by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of social and personality psychology to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain health psychology and methods in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze health psychology and methods in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving health psychology and methods by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of health psychology and methods to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain friendship in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze friendship in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving friendship by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of friendship to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain loyalty in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze loyalty in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving loyalty by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of loyalty to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain love and care in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze love and care in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving love and care by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of love and care to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain commitment in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze commitment in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving commitment by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of commitment to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain relationship flourishing in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze relationship flourishing in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving relationship flourishing by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of relationship flourishing to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain know thyself in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze know thyself in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving know thyself by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of know thyself to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain authenticity in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze authenticity in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving authenticity by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of authenticity to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain identity narratives in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze identity narratives in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving identity narratives by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of identity narratives to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain self-deception in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze self-deception in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving self-deception by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of self-deception to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain limits of introspection in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze limits of introspection in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving limits of introspection by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of limits of introspection to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Information Ecosystems, Propaganda, Persuasion, and Evidence at Scale

40 competencies

Explain argument reconstruction in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze argument reconstruction in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving argument reconstruction by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of argument reconstruction to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain deductive and inductive support in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze deductive and inductive support in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving deductive and inductive support by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of deductive and inductive support to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain inference to best explanation in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze inference to best explanation in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving inference to best explanation by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of inference to best explanation to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain epistemic justification in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze epistemic justification in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving epistemic justification by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of epistemic justification to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain disagreement in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze disagreement in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving disagreement by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of disagreement to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain information ecosystems in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze information ecosystems in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving information ecosystems by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of information ecosystems to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain propaganda in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze propaganda in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving propaganda by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of propaganda to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain persuasion in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze persuasion in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving persuasion by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of persuasion to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain institutional credibility in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze institutional credibility in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving institutional credibility by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of institutional credibility to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain evidence synthesis in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze evidence synthesis in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving evidence synthesis by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of evidence synthesis to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Risk, Money, Life Planning, Work, and Meaning

60 competencies

Explain risk judgment in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze risk judgment in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving risk judgment by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of risk judgment to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain life planning in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze life planning in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving life planning by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of life planning to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain financial behavior in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze financial behavior in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving financial behavior by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of financial behavior to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain career adaptability in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze career adaptability in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving career adaptability by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of career adaptability to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain work and meaning in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze work and meaning in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving work and meaning by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of work and meaning to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain agency in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze agency in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving agency by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of agency to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain self-direction in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze self-direction in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving self-direction by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of self-direction to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain discipline in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze discipline in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving discipline by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of discipline to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain freedom and constraint in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze freedom and constraint in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving freedom and constraint by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of freedom and constraint to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain examined routines in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze examined routines in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving examined routines by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of examined routines to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.

Comparative Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, Stoicism, Buddhism, Existentialism, and Political Philosophy

60 competencies

Explain Aristotle in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Aristotle in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Aristotle by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Aristotle to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Kant in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Kant in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Kant by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Kant to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Mill in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Mill in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Mill by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Mill to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Confucius in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Confucius in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Confucius by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Confucius to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain applied ethics in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze applied ethics in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving applied ethics by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of applied ethics to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain argument reconstruction in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze argument reconstruction in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving argument reconstruction by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of argument reconstruction to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain deductive and inductive support in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze deductive and inductive support in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving deductive and inductive support by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of deductive and inductive support to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain inference to best explanation in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze inference to best explanation in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving inference to best explanation by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of inference to best explanation to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain epistemic justification in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze epistemic justification in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving epistemic justification by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of epistemic justification to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain disagreement in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze disagreement in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving disagreement by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of disagreement to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain classical Greek philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze classical Greek philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving classical Greek philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of classical Greek philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Stoicism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Stoicism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Stoicism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Stoicism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain Buddhism as philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze Buddhism as philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving Buddhism as philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of Buddhism as philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain existentialism in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze existentialism in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving existentialism by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of existentialism to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.
Explain political philosophy in clear, nontechnical language and distinguish it from nearby ideas.
Analyze political philosophy in a fictional, historical, or general case and identify the factors doing the most explanatory work.
Evaluate a claim or decision involving political philosophy by checking assumptions, evidence, context, trade-offs, and important alternatives.
Apply understanding of political philosophy to a new case, justify the choice of framework or strategy, and state at least one limitation.