AQA AS Philosophy

About this book

Help students navigate key concepts and philosophical arguments and develop their own points of view with this clear, engaging AS Philosophy textbook, written for the new AQA AS Philosophy specification. Written by the authors of Philosophy in Focus, this book covers both units, Epistemology and Philosophy of Religion, and supports students in understanding difficult material through a clear style and visual examples of concepts and ideas. It encourages students to engage with the anthology texts with clear prompts to read the relevant extracts, helpfully provided at the back of the book for ease of teaching and studying. Cement knowledge and understanding of key philosophical ideas through varied activities. Develop analytical skills and students' own philosophical viewpoints through practical tasks. Stretch students with clearly signposted extension material. Contents: Introduction; Introduction to Descartes' Meditations; Section 1: Epistemology; Section 2: Philosophy of Religion; Section 3: Preparing for the exam (3.1 How to approach the exam, 3.2 How to read philosophy); Section 4: Anthology extracts.