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Philosophy Topical Past Paper Questions
IB Diploma Programme Philosophy past-paper questions organised by topic, free. Each topic below is ranked by how often it’s examined. Sign in for the full topic-segregated question bank and AI worksheets.
24 topics·911 questions·11 sessions·2020–2025
Being Human
Frequently examined
Ethics
Regularly examined
Political Philosophy
Regularly examined
Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex, Vol. 1 part 1, Vol. 2 part 1 and Vol. 2 part 4
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Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
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John Stuart Mill: On Liberty
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Rene Descartes: Meditations
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Martha Nussbaum: Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach
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Charles Taylor: The Ethics of Authenticity
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Friedrich Nietzsche: The Genealogy of Morals
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Plato: The Republic, Books IV–IX
Frequently examined
Epistemology
Regularly examined
Philosophy of Science
Regularly examined
Philosophy and Contemporary Society
Regularly examined
Philosophy of Religion
Regularly examined
Aesthetics
Regularly examined
Ortega y Gasset: The Origins of Philosophy
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Peter Singer: The Life You Can Save
Regularly examined
David Hume: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Regularly examined
Zhuangzi: Zhuangzi
Regularly examined
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Masks
Occasionally examined
Jose Ortega y Gasset: The Revolt of the Masses
Occasionally examined
Alfred Jules Ayer: Language, Truth and Logic
Occasionally examined
Confucius: The Analects
Occasionally examined
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