Hodder Education
AQA A-level Philosophy Year 2
Jeremy Hayward, Gerald Jones, Dan Cardinal
AQA A-level Philosophy Year 2
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Exam board: AQA
Level: A-level
Subject: Philosophy
First teaching: September 2017
First exams: Summer 2019

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
9781471899843
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Key to features
Introduction
Section 1 The metaphysics of God
1.1 The concept and nature of God
1.1.1 God’s attributes
1.1.2 Arguments for the incoherence of the concept of God
1.2 Arguments relating to the existence of God
1.2.1 Ontological arguments
1.2.2 Teleological/design arguments
1.2.3 Cosmological arguments
1.2.4 The problem of evil
1.3 Religious language
1.3.1 The distinction between cognitivism and non-cognitivism about religious language
1.3.2 The empiricist/logical positivist challenges to the status of metaphysical language
1.3.3 John Hick’s response to Ayer (eschatological verification)
1.3.4 The University debate: Flew, Hare and Mitchell
Section 2 The metaphysics of mind
2.1 What do we mean by ‘mind’?
2.1.1 Features of mental states
2.2 Dualist theories
2.2.1 Substance dualism
2.2.2 Property dualism
2.2.3 The issues facing dualism
2.3 Physicalist theories
2.3.1 Philosophical behaviourism
2.3.2 The mind–brain type identity theory
2.3.3 Eliminative materialism
2.3.4 Functionalism
Section 3 How to prepare for the exam
Section 4 Anthology extracts
Glossary
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