A-level Philosophy/AQA - Updated Specification

Paper One

Topic 1 - Epistemology

• Definitions of Knowledge
• Knowledge from Reason
• Knowledge from Perception
• Limits of Knowledge

Topic 2 - Moral Philosophy (Ethics)

• Utilitarianism
• Kantian Deontological Ethics
• Aristotle's Virtue Ethics
• Meta-Ethics

Paper Two

Topic 3 - Metaphysics of God

• The Concept of God
• Arguments for the Existence of God
• The Problem of Evil
• Religious Language

Topic 4 - Metaphysics of Mind

• Arguments for Dualism
• Issues with Dualism
• Arguments for Physicalism
• Functionalism