AQA A-level Philosophy Paper 1 - 13th May 2025 [Exam Chat]

i wish i looked on this thread before since everyone guessed it was indirect realism🫠 my teacher said it wanst likely to come up so was one of my least prepared topics. the metaethics question was expected i memorised an essay for that so hopefully that will make up for lost marks

your teacher is a shmuck💔

Not really the teachers fault, students fault for trusting someone who hadn’t seen the paper. They should’ve taken their own initiative

I fell asleep revising meta-ethics and thought it would be fine since it rarely comes up as more than just 3 or 5 markers. I was wrong. I think I let out a slight laugh when I saw the essay question.
Did anyone else use Locke's response of universality? I haven't seen anyone mention it yet. Considering a major point for Leibniz was Necessary Truths, I figure a good way to repond would be Locke claiming that those truths need to be universally accepted to be considered innate.
Hope the second paper treats me with more kindness. Also, I saw someone mention that the average marks on essay questions was 7/25?!! Is that true??

Their teacher has to have been on crack to think IDR was unlikely. Yes students are responsible but teachers are also responsible for what they say.

Their teacher has to have been on crack to think IDR was unlikely. Yes students are responsible but teachers are also responsible for what they say.

They’ve just done predictions, doesn’t mean it’s factual, it’s up to the student to use their common sense

Yeah but it's a crazy prediction. The teacher must have done zero research at all. I think they are responsible for stating an objectively irrational prediction.

My teacher was a bit like that as well! Months ago my friend told the teacher that she thought that indirect realism was really likely to come up and we both asked if we would be able to do a timed essay in class on indirect realism as she was setting timed essays once a week. She refused and then got annoyed that we had been trying to predict what would come up!

Not really the teachers fault, students fault for trusting someone who hadn’t seen the paper. They should’ve taken their own initiative

Absolutely fantastic paper, one of the best philosophy papers on the whole. How did you guys approached the global and local scepticism comparison five marker?

For the question outline X's ontological argument (where X can be any philosopher like Descartes or Anselm) and explain empiricist objection, is it okay to also explain Kant's objection that existence is not a predicate even though that objection is usually asked independently of empiricist responses?

but hes seen alot of other papers, i was bound to trust him you cant blame me for believing my teacher 😭 theres so much content so i went with what his predictions were over mine for 25 markers since i didnt have time to cover it all

Yeah but it's a crazy prediction. The teacher must have done zero research at all. I think they are responsible for stating an objectively irrational prediction.

me and Joe312 locked in 💯 bun your teacher

@Joe312 What're the predictions for year 2, i know not to take ur word for law but i was thinking functionalism or one of the dualisms for mind & design or attributes for God