AQA an Introduction to Philosophy for AS Level
Hodder Education (Verlag)
978-0-340-96525-2 (ISBN)
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A student-friendly introduction to AS Philosophy, structured around the AQA AS Philosophy specification. From the author team behind the successful Philosophy in Focus series, this book covers 7 popular AS themes in sufficient depth to achieve a top grade. It combines academic rigour with engaging activities. The authors have used their wealth of experience in teaching philosophy to devise a set of helpful features that deepen understanding and exercise the philosophical mind including: - Activities: practical tasks to help users understand the key philosophical ideas - 'Experimenting with ideas': activities that explore the concepts and helps students identify their own philosophical viewpoints - 'Criticism': highlights and evaluates some of the weaknesses in the arguments advanced by philosophers - 'More difficult': guides students carefully through particularly daunting arguments - Quotations are included from the key texts by the key philosophers - 'Key point summaries': help students to consolidate knowledge Topics covered: 1 Why should I be moral?
2 The idea of God 3 Persons 4 Reason and experience 5 The debate over free will and determinism 6 God and the world 7 Knowledge of the external world
- A student-friendly introduction to AS Philosophy, structured around the AQA AS Philosophy specification - From the author team behind the successful Philosophy in Focus series, this book covers 7 popular AS themes
Introduction 1 Why should I be moral? Introduction Morality as a social construct Morality as constitutive of self-interest Morality as overcoming self-interest Conclusion: the three subsidiary questions 2 The idea of God Introduction The attributes of God A brief diversion into philosophical proofs The ontological argument Origins: the idea of God is innate Origins: the idea of God is a human construction 3 Persons Introduction What are the characteristics of personhood? What is a person? Personal identity 4 Reason and experience Mind as a blank slate or tabula rasa Innate knowledge Conceptual schemes 5 The debate over free will and determinism Introduction What is determinism? What is free will? What are the implications of determinism? Conclusion 6 God and the world Introduction The Design Argument The problem of evil The religious point of view Conclusion 7 Knowledge of the external world Introduction Realism Idealism Phenomenalism Conclusion Glossary Notes Selected bibliography Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.5.2008 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Philosophy in Focus |
| Zusatzinfo | Black and white throughout |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 175 x 243 mm |
| Gewicht | 1187 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-340-96525-8 / 0340965258 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-340-96525-2 / 9780340965252 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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