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AQA A-level Philosophy Paper 1 (7582/1) - 16th May 2024 [Exam Chat]

Reply 160

edwardhoare

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by marleym56

how would you even answer a 'what is meant by mind' question?

See paper 2 chat

Reply 161

aarcs

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kind of late to this but damn that paper was nice. felt like it went fine even tho i definitely did not do enough revision. kind of waffled the 25s but yea beautiful paper

Reply 162

beaten-piston

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I wrote that Descartes infallibalism leads to solipsism could that be justified or was it just plain wrong lol

Reply 163

edwardhoare

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by beaten-piston

I wrote that Descartes infallibalism leads to solipsism could that be justified or was it just plain wrong lol

As long as u justified each step - infallibilism is arguably too sceptical, you can be truly certain of nothing, on an extreme level you cant be sure about anything, thus could lead to solipsism

Reply 164

beaten-piston

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by edwardhoare

As long as u justified each step - infallibilism is arguably too sceptical, you can be truly certain of nothing, on an extreme level you cant be sure about anything, thus could lead to solipsism

Yeah, I went along the lines of there musnt be any room of doubt as a reply to barn county then went onto his cogito as an example, then essentially said that because we can only know about our own existence for certain, it could lead to solipsism so all together we cannot successfully define knowledge.

Reply 165

TheHungryBadger

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by 111111111112

Would just doing 2 definitions be fine if there was enough depth? I did why the conditions of justification and belief are not necessary for knowledge, evaluated that, as well as jtb not being jointly sufficient, gave infalliballism and then concluded that it would not allow for any cases of knowledge- so is not a good definition, so propositional knowledge cannot be defined- I'm wondering if the marks will be capped because of this

My rule is usually at least 1200 words with 3 views, each with objection —> response —> counter response.

Intro is important too that you define the key terms of the question - like ‘definition’ and ‘successful’. I gave criteria at the start that a ‘real’ definition instead of a nominal one is possible, and to be successful, it shouldn’t be circular, negative, obscure or ad-hoc — as well as being practically attainable.

This approach will be really helpful in essays you do, as in the weighting at the end of each paragraph, you say how each view achieves x criteria that you set out in the intro. They aren’t objections in themselves — those are separate — but can help distinguish what makes a theory better than another.

Reply 166

unfailingtruck

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hows everyone feeling for paper 2?

any predictions?

what are the hardest questions they can ask both essays and short qus?

Reply 167

ksrwani

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by unfailingtruck

hows everyone feeling for paper 2?
any predictions?
what are the hardest questions they can ask both essays and short qus?

i think mind will be behaviourism and god will hopefully be rel lang

Reply 168

unfailingtruck

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by ksrwani

i think mind will be behaviourism and god will hopefully be rel lang

ooh those havent come up in a real paper before, maybe thats a good prediction

whys the chat so quiet in the build up LOL

Reply 169

krenweeks77

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by unfailingtruck

ooh those havent come up in a real paper before, maybe thats a good prediction

whys the chat so quiet in the build up LOL

Go to the paper 2 chat!

Reply 170

unfailingtruck

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by krenweeks77

Go to the paper 2 chat!

im so stupid

Reply 171

Aeryn_07

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by saragolding

THESE WERE THE Q'S FROM 2023 (GOT THIS FROM YOTUBE):
2023 PAPER 1:
EPISTEMOLOGY

1.

Differences between direct and indirect realism (3 marker)

2.

Locke’s primary and secondary distinction (5 marker)

3.

Hume’s fork (5 marker)

4.

Gettier case + no false lemmas (12 marker)

5.

Philosophical scepticism (25 marker)

MORAL PHILOSOPHY

1.

Differences between naturalism and non naturalism (3 marker)

2.

Difference between Bentham and Mill utilitarianism (5 marker)

3.

Hare’s prescriptivism (5 marker)

4.

Kant + stealing (12 marker)

5.

Virtue ethics (25 marker)

2023 PAPER 2:
GOD

1.

Swinburne temporal order (3 marker)

2.

Malcolm’s ontological (5 marker)

3.

Ayer’s verification principle (5 marker)

4.

God’s definition + Euthyphro dilemma (12 marker)

5.

Cosmological argument (25 marker)

MIND

1.

Phenomenal properties (3 marker)

2.

Differences between substance dualism and property dualism (5 marker)

3.

Super-spartans (5 marker)

4.

Problem of other minds (12 marker)

5.

Mind-brain type identity theory (25 marker)

Hey, do you have the questions from 2024? They could really help with my revision!

AQA A-level Philosophy Paper 1 (7582/1) - 16th May 2024 [Exam Chat]

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