AQA A Level Philosophy Paper 1 June 2024 question paper

What is meant by (a) a necessary condition and (b) a sufficient condition?

How does the argument from perceptual variation present an issue for direct realism?

Explain how Bertrand Russell responds to scepticism by arguing that the external world is the ‘best hypothesis’.

Explain Descartes’ cogito and an empiricist response to it.

Is there a successful way in which propositional knowledge can be defined?

State Ayer’s verification principle.

Explain Aristotle’s function argument.

Explain Mackie’s argument from relativity against moral realism.

Explain how Kantian deontological ethics might be applied to the issue of simulated killing.

Can utilitarianism be successfully defended?