AQA A Level Philosophy Paper 2 November 2021 question paper

What does it mean to say that a person’s religious claim is unfalsifiable?

Outline Aquinas’ 1st Way (the argument from motion).

Explain the argument that the existence of an omniscient God is incompatible with free human beings.

Outline the logical problem of evil and explain the Free Will Defence.

Can God’s existence be proved using an ontological argument?

What does functionalism claim about mental states?

Explain the view that ‘hard’ behaviourists cannot satisfactorily define mental states due to the multiple realisability of mental states in behaviour.

Explain how natural selection/evolution poses a challenge for epiphenomenalist dualism.

Outline eliminative materialism and explain the issue that our certainty about the existence of our mental states takes priority over other considerations.

Can a dualist account of mental states be successfully defended?