Hodder Education
AQA A-level Philosophy Year 1 and AS
AQA A-level Philosophy Year 1 and AS
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Exam Board: AQA
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: Philosophy
First Teaching: September 2016
First Exam: June 2017

Enable students to critically engage with the new 2017 AQA specifications with this accessible Student Book that covers the key concepts and philosophical arguments, offers stimulating activities, provides a key text anthology and assessment guidance.
- Cements understanding of complex philosophical concepts and encourages students to view ideas from different approaches through clear and detailed coverage of key topics.
- Strengthens students' analytical skills to develop their own philosophical interpretations using a variety of inventive and thought-provoking practical activities and tasks.
- Encourages students to engage with the anthology texts, with references throughout and relevant extracts provided at the back of the book for ease of teaching and studying.
- Stretches students' conceptual analysis with extension material.
- Helps AS and A-level students to approach their exams with confidence with assessment guidance and support tailored to the AQA requirements.

Language
English
ISBN
9781471899881
Cover
Title Page
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Contents
Key to features
Introduction
Section 1 Epistemology
1.1 What is knowledge?
1.1.1 The tripartite view: knowledge as justified, true belief
1.2 Perception as a source of knowledge
1.2.1 Direct realism
1.2.2 Indirect realism
1.2.3 Idealism
1.3 Reason as a source of knowledge
1.3.1 Innatism
1.3.2 The intuition and deduction thesis
1.4 The limits of knowledge
Section 2 Moral philosophy
2.1 Introduction to ethics: how do we decide what it is morally right to do?
2.1.1 Utilitarianism
2.1.2 Applying utilitarianism
2.2 Kantian deontological ethics
2.2.1 Kantian ethics
2.2.2 Applying Kantian ethics
2.3 Aristotelian virtue ethics
2.3.1 Aristotelian ethics
2.3.2 Applying Aristotelian virtue ethics
2.4 Meta-ethics
Section 3 Preparing for the exam
3.1 How to approach the exam
3.2 How to read philosophy
Section 4 Anthology extracts
Glossary
Index
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