OCR AS Philosophy & Ethics: Official Thread for May/June 2016

So how are people going about revision today?

Rep this if you are also wondering, because I want to see people's answers.

Kant isn't on the spec for ontological


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Looking at every past question and flashcarding it by putting my plan for the essay behind it. And mini flashcards on philosopher and their date, book and titls

Hi guys does anyone know if the predictions for AS last year were correct?? (I've been left in an unfortunate position with not being taught correctly and don't have time to revise them all to a good standard!!!!)

Hi guys does anyone know if the predictions for AS last year were correct?? (I've been left in an unfortunate position with not being taught correctly and don't have time to revise them all to a good standard!!!!)

Everyone talking about Kant's moral argument makes me scared, because my teacher decided not to include it. She was sure it wouldn't come up because it was used last year. I don't know the first thing about it

On the other hand, I've got a killer Plato essay lined up, having researched him so much. I have more additional knowledge about him and his Forms than you would ever need.

Other topics that worry me:

- Religion and science (Again, my teacher told us not to do it in an exam. I haven't revised it)
- Kant's criticisms of the Ontological Argument (we only learnt about the Predicate idea, not the analytical/synthetic statement bit)
- Comparison of PM/Demiurge to Judeo-Christian God (we learnt about each one, but haven't compared them)
- Creation ex-nihilo (What can you write about?)
- Coplestone/Russell debate (I know all about the cosmological argument but their debate was short and very vague. Difficult to write 25 marks on)

Would someone be able to clarify what synthetic and analytical statements are, and how they are used in the course overall?

Hi guys does anyone know if the predictions for AS last year were correct?? (I've been left in an unfortunate position with not being taught correctly and don't have time to revise them all to a good standard!!!!)

BUMP.

Honestly, I think these 25 markers will come up

1) Explain Plato's theory of forms (25)

2) Explain the Ontological Argument AND Kant's challenges of it (25)

3) Explain the concept of God as Creator (25)

4) Explain Augustine's theodicy on the problem of evil (25)

Hume and his cosmological argument have come up quite often since the beginning of the spec - I don't think it'll come up.



Ahhhh that would be so amazing! Although, I really do think the moral argument is going to come up because last year it was done so badly and OCR tend to ask the same question if the candidates weren't very good.

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Guys can you tell me a solid structure you've used for a part b which gets good marks please

Not sure if it's solid, but I'm just going to do:

- For
- Against
- Conclusion

the differences between Augustine and Irenaeus is that Augustine focuses primarily on the Fall, and centers his argument around the idea that because Adam and Eve turned away from God and committed the "original sin", the rest of humanity are descendants from Adam and Eve and have to suffer the consequences of these decisions that they made. Both Irenaeus and Augustine look at Genesis, but come at it with completely different view points. Irenaeus looks at the part where it is described that we are made in the "image" of God, meaning that one day we will be in the "likeness" of God. Basically, Irenaeus thinks that we were born imperfect and immature and we spend our time on Earth suffering and hurting and it's all adding to our development into the likeness of God - whereas Augustine believes that the "perfect" world that God made was corrupted by Adam and Eve's decision to turn away from God.