Edexcel A Level Philosophy Works of
Scholars June 2024 Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
Who is Merold Westphal - Answer>>Professor of philosophy at
Fordharm University, New York.
What was Westphal's work focused on? - Answer>>The
historical development of philosophy of religion and theology.
What was the Enlightenment? - Answer>>An intellectual and
philosophical movement of the late 17th century and 18th century
Europe.
What did the Enlightenment emphasise? - Answer>>Reason,
scientific method and individualism over tradition and religion.
Did the enlightenment thinkers reject the Church? -
Answer>>No, but they were sharply critical of the practices of
the Roman Catholic Church.
What did Scholastic philosophers before the enlightenment such
as Aquinas and Anselm argue? - Answer>>Faith and reason
could work together to achieve an understanding of God.
According to Westphal what did the Enlightenment give rise to? -
Answer>>Deism
What do deists believe? - Answer>>That God exists but they
deny divine revelation. Revelation and all that goes with it is
irrational and redundant.
What is the 'kernal' of religious belief according to diests? -
Answer>>Focus on God.
Scholars June 2024 Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
Who is Merold Westphal - Answer>>Professor of philosophy at
Fordharm University, New York.
What was Westphal's work focused on? - Answer>>The
historical development of philosophy of religion and theology.
What was the Enlightenment? - Answer>>An intellectual and
philosophical movement of the late 17th century and 18th century
Europe.
What did the Enlightenment emphasise? - Answer>>Reason,
scientific method and individualism over tradition and religion.
Did the enlightenment thinkers reject the Church? -
Answer>>No, but they were sharply critical of the practices of
the Roman Catholic Church.
What did Scholastic philosophers before the enlightenment such
as Aquinas and Anselm argue? - Answer>>Faith and reason
could work together to achieve an understanding of God.
According to Westphal what did the Enlightenment give rise to? -
Answer>>Deism
What do deists believe? - Answer>>That God exists but they
deny divine revelation. Revelation and all that goes with it is
irrational and redundant.
What is the 'kernal' of religious belief according to diests? -
Answer>>Focus on God.
