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Philosophy · AQA 7172 · Paper 1 · June 2022

AQA A Level Philosophy Paper 1 June 2022 question paper

AQA 7172 · Paper 1

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Question 1

What is the difference between a necessary truth and a contingent truth?

[3 marks]

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Question 2

Explain the reliabilist definition of knowledge.

[5 marks]

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Question 3

Explain how the argument from hallucination presents an issue for direct realism.

[5 marks]

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Question 4

Outline indirect realism and explain Berkeley’s objection that mind-dependent ideas cannot be like mind-independent objects.

[12 marks]

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Question 5

To what extent is Descartes’ intuition and deduction thesis successful?

[25 marks]

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Question 6

What does Kant mean by ‘hypothetical imperative’?

[3 marks]

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Question 7

Explain the ‘skill analogy’ that Aristotle uses in his account of virtue.

[5 marks]

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Question 8

Explain the criticism that Kant ignores the value of certain motives.

[5 marks]

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Question 9

Explain hedonistic utilitarianism and explain the criticism that it ignores the moral integrity of the individual.

[12 marks]

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Question 10

Is moral anti-realism the correct metaethical view?

[25 marks]

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