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A-level
PHILOSOPHY
Paper 2 The metaphysics of God and the metaphysics of mind
Friday 26 May 2023 Morning Time allowed: 3 hours
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
You will need no other materials.
Question Mark
Instructions 1
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 2
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions. 3
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write 4
outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 5
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 6
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want 7
to be marked. 8
9
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets. 10
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
TOTAL
• You will be assessed on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
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Metaphysics of God
Answer all questions in this section.
0 1 What does Swinburne mean by ‘temporal order/regularity’ in his design argument?
[3 marks]
3
0 2 Outline Norman Malcolm’s ontological argument.
[5 marks]
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0 3 Explain how Ayer’s verification principle challenges the status of religious language.
[5 marks]
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Please write clearly in block capitals.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
A-level
PHILOSOPHY
Paper 2 The metaphysics of God and the metaphysics of mind
Friday 26 May 2023 Morning Time allowed: 3 hours
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
You will need no other materials.
Question Mark
Instructions 1
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 2
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions. 3
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write 4
outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 5
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 6
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want 7
to be marked. 8
9
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets. 10
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
TOTAL
• You will be assessed on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
*jun237172201*
IB/M/Jun23/E4 7172/2
, 2
Do not write
outside the
Section A box
Metaphysics of God
Answer all questions in this section.
0 1 What does Swinburne mean by ‘temporal order/regularity’ in his design argument?
[3 marks]
3
0 2 Outline Norman Malcolm’s ontological argument.
[5 marks]
*02*
IB/M/Jun23/7172/2
, 3
Do not write
outside the
box
Extra space
5
0 3 Explain how Ayer’s verification principle challenges the status of religious language.
[5 marks]
Turn over ►
*03*
IB/M/Jun23/7172/2
, 4
Do not write
outside the
box
Extra space
5
*04*
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