AQA • Philosophy

These notes cover all the information needed for Utilitarianism on the AQA spec; going into detail on the nature of the three types of utilitarianism, what they offer and their setbacks. These notes will help you with structure of essays.

These notes cover all of the needed information on Kantian deontology from the AQA spec. These notes are essential for getting top band answers as they go into detail on Kant's intention on his theory, the differences between his work and Utilitarianism, and most importantly the issues with his theory. Weighting is incredibly important in essay writing - these notes follow the essay structure.

This covers the definition of knowledge outlined by Plato (JTB) and why this definition cannot be used to claim knowledge. It also goes through other definitions of knowledge - namely Infallibilism, No False Lemmas and Reliablism; outlining why they are deemed as an improvement to Plato's definition and the issues surrounding these new definitions.

An AQA A Level philosophy essay plan answering the 25 mark question 'Is religious language meaningful?'. Introduction, 3 paragraphs and a conclusion, arguing that religious language is meaningful as a non-cognitive attitude. Includes out of specification content for top grades.

An AQA A Level philosophy essay plan answering the 25 mark question 'Does the existence of evil disprove the existence of God?'. Introduction, 3 paragraphs and a conclusion, arguing that evil does not disprove the existence of God. Includes out of specification content for top grades.

An AQA A Level philosophy essay plan answering the 25 mark question 'How successful is the cosmological argument for the existence of God?'. Introduction, 3 paragraphs and a conclusion, arguing that the cosmological argument is unsuccessful. Includes out of specification content for top grades.

An AQA A Level philosophy essay plan answering the 25 mark question 'How successful is the teleological/design argument for the existence of God?. Introduction, 3 paragraphs and a conclusion, arguing that the teleological argument is partially successful (since Swinburne's version is convincing). Includes out of specification content for top grades.

An AQA A Level philosophy essay plan answering the 25 mark question 'How successful is the ontological argument for the existence of God?'. Introduction, 3 paragraphs and a conclusion, arguing that the ontological argument is unsuccessful. Includes out of specification content for top grades.

An AQA A Level philosophy essay plan answering the 25 mark question 'Is the concept of God coherent?'. Introduction, 3 paragraphs and a conclusion, arguing that the concept of God is not coherent. Includes out of specification content for top grades.

An AQA A Level philosophy essay plan answering the 25 mark question 'Is moral anti-realism/non-cognitivism convincing?'. Introduction, 3 paragraphs and a conclusion, arguing that moral anti-realism and non-cognitivism are not convincing and are unsuccessful theories. Includes out of specification content for top grades.