Philosophy of Religion A Level

	Plato and Aristotle	Mind body and Soul	A priori Arguments	A posteriori arguments	Religious Experience	Problem of Evil	Nature of God	Religious Language – Classic	Religious Language – Logical Positivism
2018				2. To what extent does Hume successfully argue that observation does not prove the existence of God?	4. ‘Corporate religious experiences are less reliable than individual religious experience.’ Discuss.		3. Assess Boethius’ view that divine eternity does not limit human free will.	1. ‘The best approach to understanding religious language is through the Cataphatic Way.’ Discuss.
2019	3. Analyse Aristotle’s four causes.			4. ‘The world was created by chance, not by God’s design.’ Discuss.		2. Critically compare the logical and evidential aspects of the problem of evil as challenges to belief.			1. How successful does the language games concept make sense of religious language?
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Philosophy of Religion AS

	Plato and Aristotle	Mind body and Soul	A Priori Arguments	A posteriori arguments	Religious Experience	Problem of Evil
2017		1. ‘There is no such thing as a soul.’ Discuss.		3. To what extent does Aquinas’ cosmological argument successfully reach the conclusion that there is a transcendent creator?		2. Assess the claim that natural evil has a purpose.
2018	2. Critically assess Aristotle’s understanding of the world.		3. Examine the success of Kant’s criticisms to the Ontological Argument.		1. Conversion experiences do not provide basis for a belief in God.
2019		2. To what extent does Plato successfully explain the relationship between the body and the soul?		3. ‘Aquinas’ fifth way does not demonstrate the existence of God.’ Discuss.		1. Critically discuss the theodicy of Augustine.
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