Sample Answers

The following are real answers to Tripos questions. Following each answer is an indication of the expected class of an essay at this level together with a brief justification. They are supposed to give you some idea of what the examiners are expecting to see.

 We are very grateful to those undergraduates who agreed to release their papers for this purpose.

 Part IA

• 2i/2ii borderline answer for Paper 1 Metaphysics
• 2i/2ii borderline answer for Paper 1 Metaphysics (2)
• 2ii answer for Paper 1 Metaphysics
• First Class answer for Paper 2 Ethics and Political Philosophy
• 2i/2II Borderline Case for Paper 2 Ethics and Political Philosophy 21
• First Class answer for Paper 3 Logic
• First Class answer for Paper 4 Set Texts
• First Class for Paper 4 Set Texts (21) 
• First Class for Paper 4 Set Texts (21-2) 
• Model Answer and Marking Scheme for Paper 5 Formal Methods

Part IB

• 2ii answer for Paper 1, Metaphysics and Epistemology
• 2i answer for Paper 3, Ethics
• Second 2i answer for Paper 3, Ethics
• First Class Extended Essay for Paper 3 Ethics Part 1 
• First Class Extended Essay for Paper 3 Ethics Part 2 
• First for Paper 5 Early Modern Philosophy (21).  

Part II

• First Class answer for Paper 1, Metaphysics
• First Class answer for Paper 8, Philosophical Logic
• 2i answer for Paper 1, Metaphysics
• 2i answer for Paper 11, Aesthetics