AQA an Introduction to Philosophy for AS Level - Brossura

Hayward, Jeremy; Cardinal, Dan; Jones, Gerald

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0340965258 ISBN 13: 9780340965252

Casa editrice: Hodder Education, 2008

Riassunto

A student-friendly introduction to AS Philosophy, structured around the AQA AS Philosophy specification. From the author team behind the successful Philosophy in Focus series, this book covers 7 popular AS themes in sufficient depth to achieve a top grade. It combines academic rigour with engaging activities. The authors have used their wealth of experience in teaching philosophy to devise a set of helpful features that deepen understanding and exercise the philosophical mind including: - Activities: practical tasks to help users understand the key philosophical ideas - 'Experimenting with ideas': activities that explore the concepts and helps students identify their own philosophical viewpoints - 'Criticism': highlights and evaluates some of the weaknesses in the arguments advanced by philosophers - 'More difficult': guides students carefully through particularly daunting arguments - Quotations are included from the key texts by the key philosophers - 'Key point summaries': help students to consolidate knowledge Topics covered: 1 Why should I be moral? 2 The idea of God 3 Persons 4 Reason and experience 5 The debate over free will and determinism 6 God and the world 7 Knowledge of the external world

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Descrizione del libro:

A comprehensive book for AQA Philosophy from the best-selling authors of the Philosophy in Focus series which combines academic rigour with engaging activity

L'autore:

- A student-friendly introduction to AS Philosophy, structured around the AQA AS Philosophy specification

- From the author team behind the successful Philosophy in Focus series, this book covers 7 popular AS themes

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Hodder Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0340965258
• ISBN 13: 9780340965252
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 608