In this video, I run through some of the common structures and features of philosophical texts that you'll encounter in Section 1 of the GAMSAT exam as well as some of the strategies that I used to help digest the information.

As I mention, Section 1 is not my strongest section so this is simply advice based on my own experience after a subscriber asked for some help in this area. Take from it, what you will

A huge amount of editing work went into this one, so if you enjoyed it, please like the video and subscribe for more if you haven't already!

Timestamps:
Structural Features
1:37 - What is a philosophical text?
2:42 - Abstraction & Specification
4:26 - Thought Experiments
5:25 - Analogies and Metaphor
7:10 - Sequential Questioning
9:55 - Argument By contradiction
Reading Strategies
11:51 - Simplify & Summarise
12:15 - Look out for structural features
13:10 - Negative statements
16:05 - Look for passion and exclamation
16:24 - Identify Tonal shift
16:50 - Re-reading for context

You can access the questions over at my resources page:
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