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Religious Studies Philosophy of Religion OCR Revision Complete Guide – New Edition 2020

The New Spec Revision Guides (2016 onwards) for Year 1 & 2 provide an in depth summary for the key content for all three OCR papers. Key confusions to avoid are clearly identified, the chief authors and their critics quoted, and a summary of possible future questions is provided. The guide interacts with the Peped website which gives full answers to the exam questions, predictions for this year’s paper, and further self-test revision exercises and activities.

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Size: 5.5″ x 8.5″ (14 x 0.8 x 21.6 cm)
Paper: Black & White on White paper
Pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9781977044761

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Table of Contents 1

1. Philosophical Language and Thought

  • 1.1 Ancient Philosophical Influences
    Key Terms
    Specification
  • 1.1.1 The Philosophical Influences of Plato
    A. Understanding of Reality
    B. Theory of FORMs
    C. The Allegory of the Cave
    D. Evaluation
  • 1.1.2 The Philosophical Influences of Aristotle
    A. Understanding of Reality
    B. Four Causes
    C. Prime Mover
    D. Evaluation
    Confusions to Avoid
    Key Quotes
    Suggested Reading
    Practise Exam Question
    Possible Future Questions
  • 1.2 Soul, Mind and Body
    Key terms
    Specification
  • 1.2.1 The Thinking of Plato and Aristotle
    A. Platonic Dualism
    B. Aristotelian Monism
    C. Evaluation
  • 1.2.2 Metaphysics of Consciousness
    A. Substance Dualism
    B. Materialism
    C. Evaluation
    Confusions to Avoid
    Key Quotes
    Suggested Reading
    Practise Exam Question
    Possible Future Questions

Table of Contents 2

2. Arguments for the Existence of God

  • 2.1 Arguments based on Experience
    Key Terms
    Specification
  • 2.1.1 The Teleological Argument
    A. Aquinas’ Fifth Way
    B. Paley’s Teleological Argument
    C. Evaluation
  • 2.1.2 The Cosmological Argument
    A. Aquinas’ First, Second and Third Way
    B. Evaluation
  • 2.1.3 Challenges to the Arguments from Observation
    A. Hume’s Challenge against the Teleological Argument
    B. Hume’s Challenge against the Cosmological Argument
    C. The Challenge of Evolution
    D. Evaluation
    Confusions to Avoid
    Key Quotes
    Suggested Reading
    Practise Exam Question
    Possible Future Questions
  • 2.2 Arguments Based in Reason
    Key Terms
    Specification
  • 2.2.1 The Ontological Argument
    A. Anselm’s First & Second Version
    B. Gaunilo’s Response
    C. Evaluation
    Confusion to Avoid
    Key Quotes
    Suggested Reading
    Practise Exam Question
    Possible Future Questions

Table of Contents 3

3. God and the World

  • 3.1 Religious Experience
    Key Terms
    Specification
  • 3.1.1 The nature and influence of Religious experience
    A. Examples of Mystical Religious Experiences
    B. Conversion experiences
    C. Conclusions of William James
    D. Evaluation
  • 3.1.2 Different ways in which Religious experience can be understood
    A. Union with a great power
    B. Psychological affect
    C. Product of physiological effect
    D. Evaluation
    Confusion to Avoid
    Key Quotes
    Suggested Reading
    Practise Exam Question
    Possible Future Questions
  • 3.2 The Problem of Evil
    Key Terms
    Specification
  • 3.2.1 The Problem of Evil and Suffering
    A. Logical Aspects of the Problem
    B. Evidential Aspects of the Problem
  • 3.2.2 The Theodicies
    A. Augustine’s Theodicy
    B. Hick’s Theodicy
    C. Evaluation
    Confusion to Avoid
    Key Quotes
    Suggested Reading
    Practise Exam Question
    Possible Future Questions

Table of Contents 4

4. Nature of God

  • Key Terms
    Specification
  • 4.1 Omnipotence
    A. Evidence
    B. Interpretations
  • 4.2 Benevolence
    A. Hell
    B. Judgement
  • 4.3 Omniscience
    A. Unlimited Knowledge
    B. Limited Knowledge
  • 4.4 Eternity
    A. Timeless
    B. Four Dimentionalist Approach
    C. Everlasting
  • 4.5 Free Will
    A. Boethius’ Dilemma
    B. Alternative Responses
    Confusions to Avoid
    Key Quotes
    Suggested Reading
    Practise Exam Question
    Possible Future Questions

Table of Contents 5

5. Classical Religious Language

  • Key Terms
    Specification
  • 5.1 The Apophatic Way
    A. Speaking with Certainty
    B. Moses Maimonides
    C. Teresa of Avila
    D. Evaluation
    Strengths of the Apophatic Way
  • 5.2 The Cataphatic Way
    A. The need for Analogy
    B. Analogy of Attribution
    C. Analogy of Proportionality
    D. Evaluation
  • 5.3 Symbolism
    A. What are Signs and Symbols?
    B. Paul Tillich on Signs and Symbols
    C. The use of Symbols in Scripture and Religious Language
    D. Evaluation
    Confusions to Avoid
    Key Quotes
    Suggested Reading
    Practise Exam Question
    Possible Future Questions

Table of Contents 6

6. Twentieth Century Perspectives on Religious Language

  • Key Terms
    Specification
  • 6.1 Logical Positivism
    A. The Principle of Verification
    B. Ayer’s Variations of the Principle of Verification
  • 6.2 Wittgenstein’s Language Games
    A. Language as a Form of Life
    B. Meaningful not Cognitive
  • 6.3 Falsification Symposium
    A. Falsification
    B. Bliks
    C. Falsification Parables
    Confusions to Avoid
    Key Quotes
    Suggested Reading
    Practise Exam Question
    Possible Future Questions