Reading philosophy for ap lit or lang?

Test Preparation AP Test Preparation
,
1

<p>I’m going to take an ap english test next year (I don’t know which) and I have a general interest in philosophy. Which philosophical works could I supplement my novel reading stratagem with that would actually HELP me on the test?</p>

<p>Sent from my SPH-D700 using CC</p>

2

<p>Bump!</p>

<p>Sent from my SPH-D700 using CC</p>

3

<p>I’d read Locke and Hobbes (in the original, not secondary texts), maybe some Bentham and/or John Stuart Mill. Most other “major” philo wouldn’t be very relevant to the tests in form or function. Oh, maybe bioethicist Peter Singer.</p>

4

<p>Does it work for pretty much any english or originally written in english enlightenment philosophers?</p>

<p>Sent from my SPH-D700 using CC</p>

5

<p>As marvin100 suggested, read just a little bit on utilitarianism and maybe a bit about Locke’s social contract because these are trite, tried, and most importantly - tested topics on AP Lang. There was a essay question asking you to respond to a quote by JS Mill one year and passages about a social contract on a released exam. </p>

<p>To be frank however, reading philosophy for AP Lang will only prove of tangential benefit - if at all. The philosophical passages on the Lang exam will rarely be erudite and who knows, the Lang exam may never have another passage about utilitarianism or the social contract again.</p>

6

<p>IceQube is correct.</p>

7

<p>Thanks for the help!</p>

<p>Sent from my SPH-D700 using CC</p>