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“Are there any successful responses to philosophical skepticism” [25 marks.] - limits of knowledge 25 mark essay
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“Are there any successful responses to philosophical skepticism” [25 marks.] - limits of knowledge 25 mark essay for AQA a level philosophy - graded A* top band
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What is philosophical scepticism? [3] Philosophical scepticism is the position that our 
usual justifications for claiming that beliefs amount to knowledge are inadequate, it is 
used a measure to test the strength of our knowledge/ justifications. Philosophical 
scepticism arises when the sceptic's hypothesis/challenge is said to render one's 
ordinary evidence insufficient for justifying one's belief that p. The grounds for doubt 
cannot be removed by ordinary evidence (but may be comb...
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A Level AQA Philosophy- Epistemology Review Questions and 100% Correct Answers
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A posteriori Knowledge of propositions that can only be known to be true or false 
through sense experience. 
A priori Knowledge of propositions that do not require (sense) experience to be 
known to be true or false. 
Propositional Knowledge Knowledge of facts. 
Belief Assenting to a proposition or agreeing that it is true. 
Philosophical Scepticism We should doubt that our beliefs are justified and that we 
have knowledge. 
Normal Incredulity Demanding strong reasons or evidence for a claim...
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aqa A-level PHILOSOPHY Paper 1 Epistemology and moral philosophy (7172/1) May 2023 Question Paper.
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aqa A-level PHILOSOPHY Paper 1 Epistemology and moral philosophy 
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1. What is the difference between direct realism and indirect realism? 2. Explain Locke’s distinction between primary qualities and secondary qualities. 3. Explain Hume’s Fork. 4. Explain one of Gettier’s original counter examples and explain how the addition of a ‘no false lemmas’ condition responds to it. 5. Are the claims of philosophical scepticism true? 6.
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Essay Q1: a) Define Philosopical Scepticism 
b) give two reasons to disprove it. * - a) Philosophical Skepticism is that there are no 
right or wrong answers in philosophy. 
b) One way you can combat philosophical skepticism are invalid inference, which 
means just because there haven't been any answers found, doesn't mean there are no 
answers. Ex. Science continues to search for the unknown. Another way to combat PS 
is through the Nature of...
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Literary theory - correct answer A systematic study of literature using various methods to analyze texts. 
 
Authorial intent - correct answer Author is the supreme source of (authority) meaning in a work of literature 
 
Formalism - correct answer Author and historical context are not important, what matters is the words on the page themselves . 
 
histori...
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A Level Philosophy Year 1 Exam Questions and Expert Solutions
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What is philosophical scepticism? [3] Philosophical scepticism is the position that our usual justifications for claiming that beliefs amount to knowledge are inadequate, it is used a measure to test the strength of our knowledge/ justifications. Philosophical scepticism arises when the sceptic's hypothesis/challenge is said to render one's ordinary evidence insufficient for justifying one's belief that p. The grounds for doubt cannot be removed by ordinary evidence (but may be combatted by p...
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POSTMODERNISM, definition, general features fully solved rated A+ 2023/2024
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POSTMODERNISM, definition, general featuresPostmodernism: the term - correct answer - like 'modernism' or 'realism', 'postmodernism' can be used a) as a period term, and b) as a term designating a certain trend in literature and other media 
a) period from the 1960s to around 2000, or, as some say, to the present (i.e. not quite immediately following modernism, since the 1940s and l 950s showed a 'reaction against modernist experimentation' in poetry and fiction; cf. Rabinovitz 1967); th...
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A Level AQA Philosophy- Epistemology Review Questions and 100% Correct Answers
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A posteriori Knowledge of propositions that can only be known to be true or false through sense experience. 
A priori Knowledge of propositions that do not require (sense) experience to be known to be true or false. 
Propositional Knowledge Knowledge of facts. 
Belief Assenting to a proposition or agreeing that it is true. 
Philosophical Scepticism We should doubt that our beliefs are justified and that we have knowledge. 
Normal Incredulity Demanding strong reasons or evidence for a claim befor...
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PLS1502 The African Philosophy Reader 2nd edition.
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PLS1502The African Philosophy 
Reader 2nd edition. 
The African Philosophy Reader 
Second edition 
A text with readings 
EDITED BY 
P.H.COETZEE AND A.P.J.ROUX 
First published in Great Britain in 1998 by 
Routledge 
11 New Fetter Lane 
London EC4P 4EE 
 
Second edition published in 2003 by 
Routledge 
29 West 35th Street 
New York, NY 1001 
 
Second edition published in Great Britain in 2003 by 
Routledge 
11 New Fetter Lane 
London EC4P 4EE 
 
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Gro...
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