A-level Religious Studies & A-level Philosophy Study Group

These are the AQA-approved textbooks; I'm not sure if they cover Islam, though.

Thanks for ignoring me but do you happen to know which recommended text books for the AQA philosophy specification that began in 2014 (first exams in the summer of 2015)? Thanks

Reply 41

Sarina Shah

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Original post by beccabokka

Hey guys, I got an A* in RS last year for OCR! ALthough I know the courses are changing, I'd be happy to send over some revision notes for similar topics.

Please could you kindly send me the notes. Thanking you in advance

Reply 42

zsg

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Original post by Sonechka

Welcome to the (new and improved) study group for A-level Philosophy and A-level Religious Studies!

The old study group threads are - well, pretty old, and I thought it was about time to shake things up a bit. Whether you study philosophy or RS, whichever exam board you're using, here you can discuss RS/philosophy revision, notes, exams and any philosophical or theological questions/confusion/random ideas you might have. I may split this thread later, depending on how many people on TSR are doing RS and philosophy, but for now, just get chatting! Here are some icebreakers:

Year 12 or Year 13?
Which exam board?
RS or philosophy?
Why did you decide to study RS/philosophy?
Which topic do you enjoy the most/are you looking forward to most?

Resources

2018 exam dates:
Too early for this :P

Specifications:
AQA Philosophy (old [2015] specification // new AS // new A-level)
AQA Religious Studies (AS // A-level)
Edexcel Religious Studies (AS // A-level)
OCR Religious Studies (AS // A-level)

Thank you @Iggy Azalea for some of the following resource recommendations!

YouTube channels:
MrMcMillanREvis (these videos are based around the old spec, but still useful)
InspiringPhilosophy
Philosophy Tube
Wireless Philosophy

Websites/misc. links:
Outline of philosophy
Outline of religion
Revision World RS (for the old spec, but very comprehensive and still useful)
PushMe Press Philosophy and Ethics (as above)
Religious Studies Online
Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (I would highly recommend this one!)
Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy

tags

Hey!
I'm in year 13, studying theology and ethics with eduqas. our course is a mix of philosophy, ethics and religion and I chose to study it because I'm one of the rare minority that loved RE at gcse. I think out of the three, my most favourite is philosophy :wink:

!

Reply 43

zsg

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Original post by Sonechka

Those of you doing philosophy, how hard have you been finding the key terms (inductive vs deductive, synthetic vs analytic etc.)? I was explaining the various distinctions to people yesterday and I was wondering if it would be helpful for you if I made a little guide to all the distinctions which come up, especially the epistemology-related ones.

sounds good and really helpful!

Reply 44

Amybubble

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Hi there,
I'm currently in year twelve, and I really want to take philosophy and ethics as a fourth a level. I was wondering if you could tell me whether there would be a lot of content to catch up on, and if I've left it too late, or whether I would be able to catch up.

My third a level is French and I have a French mum which makes things slightly easier.

Reply 45

username3492572

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are people on evil & suffering? (chapter 2, AQA religious studies AS)

Reply 46

gjd800

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It's nice to see people taking up philosophy with vigour.

Reply 47

jhall123456

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Original post by phoebecarys

Hey guys!
This seems pretty cool, I think RS is my weakest subject so exchanging ideas and stuff should be really fun! :smile:

I'm in Year 13 doing OCR RS (but we literally changed exam board a few months into year 12 ahaha, my school don't seem overly organised tbh). Honestly I enjoy Development in Christian Thought over Philosophy and Ethics but we've only just started it so who knows? And I'm such a nerd for English so I'm looking forward to meta-ethics quite a lot too!
Any other Year 13's about? How did you find Year 12?

Hi! I'm also going OCR religious studies and also doing Christianity
I was wondering what structure you use for the essays?

Reply 48

jhall123456

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Original post by Slmarshall2

Year 13
OCR
RS
Because I like the idea of questioning things
So far I've really enjoyed the theological aspects :smile:

hey! i was wondering what structure your school uses for the essays?

Reply 49

phoebecarys

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Original post by jhall123456

Hi! I'm also going OCR religious studies and also doing Christianity
I was wondering what structure you use for the essays?

Well my teacher recommended we structure our essays like: introduction, thesis (for or against), antithesis (opposes the thesis), analysis of which is stronger, conclusion - but I didn't get very good grades with that, though others seemed able to. :smile:

I personally do:
Introduction
2 or 3 paragraphs - I like to do a for and against in each paragraph surrounding a specific point
Conclusion

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ that's what works for me, so long as I use the right information etc :P what do you do? I happy to give you an example of an essay plan or something similar if you're interested. :smile:

Reply 50

jhall123456

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Original post by phoebecarys

Well my teacher recommended we structure our essays like: introduction, thesis (for or against), antithesis (opposes the thesis), analysis of which is stronger, conclusion - but I didn't get very good grades with that, though others seemed able to. :smile:

I personally do:
Introduction
2 or 3 paragraphs - I like to do a for and against in each paragraph surrounding a specific point
Conclusion

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ that's what works for me, so long as I use the right information etc :P what do you do? I happy to give you an example of an essay plan or something similar if you're interested. :smile:

My teacher does theory, evaluation, discussion its not the best
An essay plan would be great! Thank you

Reply 51

phoebecarys

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Original post by jhall123456

My teacher does theory, evaluation, discussion its not the best
An essay plan would be great! Thank you

This is how I plan most of my essays, I find from there they tend to write themselves. :P Green is support and yellow is rebuttal. Hope this helps! :smile:

Reply 52

chadjackson99

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Original post by Sonechka

Welcome to the (new and improved) study group for A-level Philosophy and A-level Religious Studies!

The old study group threads are - well, pretty old, and I thought it was about time to shake things up a bit. Whether you study philosophy or RS, whichever exam board you're using, here you can discuss RS/philosophy revision, notes, exams and any philosophical or theological questions/confusion/random ideas you might have. I may split this thread later, depending on how many people on TSR are doing RS and philosophy, but for now, just get chatting! Here are some icebreakers:

Year 12 or Year 13?
Which exam board?
RS or philosophy?
Why did you decide to study RS/philosophy?
Which topic do you enjoy the most/are you looking forward to most?

Resources

2018 exam dates:
Too early for this :P

Specifications:
AQA Philosophy (old [2015] specification // new AS // new A-level)
AQA Religious Studies (AS // A-level)
Edexcel Religious Studies (AS // A-level)
OCR Religious Studies (AS // A-level)

Thank you @Iggy Azalea for some of the following resource recommendations!

YouTube channels:
MrMcMillanREvis (these videos are based around the old spec, but still useful)
InspiringPhilosophy
Philosophy Tube
Wireless Philosophy

Websites/misc. links:
Outline of philosophy
Outline of religion
Revision World RS (for the old spec, but very comprehensive and still useful)
PushMe Press Philosophy and Ethics (as above)
Religious Studies Online
Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (I would highly recommend this one!)
Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy

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