Philosophy for AS and A2Elizabeth Burns, Stephen Law Philosophy for AS and A2 is the definitive textbook for students of Advanced Subsidiary or Advanced Level philosophy courses, structured directly around the specification of the AQA. Following a lively foreword by Nigel Warburton, author of Philosophy: The Basics, a team of experienced teachers devote a chapter each to the six themes covered by the syllabus: Each of the chapters include helpful student-friendly features.
There is a final chapter on essay writing and exam preparation, designed to help students get to grips with the examination board requirements. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION Michael Lacewing and Elizabeth Burns | 1 |
Empiricism | 14 |
Knowledge and scepticism | 19 |
Deception | 35 |
Virtue theory | 45 |
Utilitarianism | 50 |
Practical ethics | 58 |
Moral realism | 72 |
The Chinese room | 176 |
Glossary | 189 |
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY UNIT 4 Patrick Riordan | 191 |
individualist or communal | 197 |
Rights | 205 |
Conflict and protest | 211 |
Authority | 217 |
The state | 223 |
Associated problems | 85 |
Recommended reading | 91 |
The nature of religious language | 101 |
Objections to the application of the languagegame theory | 107 |
The teleological argument | 110 |
Gaunilos objection | 123 |
Responses to Hick | 137 |
References | 145 |
Theories concerning the nature of mind | 154 |
Functionalism | 160 |
The mindbody problem | 163 |