Choose your level to see paper structures, command terms, argument and evaluation technique, and exam strategies for the Paper 1 essays and the open-book Paper 2 prescribed-text essay.
It is a Group 3 Individuals and Societies subject where the skill is building and evaluating an argument — not describing a view.
Philosophy HL exam skills are coming soon. HL adds a second optional theme and Paper 3 — "Philosophy and contemporary issues" — where you argue from an unseen text about the nature and methodology of philosophy, on top of the shared SL Paper 1 and Paper 2.