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Written specifically for Grade 12 University Philosophy. This resource focuses on World Philosophies and ways of thinking, including Eastern, Muslim, First Nations, and Aboriginal peoples. This resource features skill development, research skills, and critical thinking skill development is incorporated throughout the program. An abundance of primary source materials. Chapter opener includes the specific expectations from the curriculum guide, including the skills focus. Key philosophers discussed in the chapter are included on a timeline. Chapter review questions enable students to recall, inquire, research, and apply what they have learned in various forms of communication. Questions include a multiple intelligences approach to learning. Philosophers on philosophy explains the basic philosophical theories of different philosophers within the area in question and how they have influenced other philosophers. Philosophical reasoning in context provides an opportunity to explore a new fallacy and connect the foundations unit to each area of philosophy.