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AQA A-level HISTORY 7042/2P Component 2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997 Version: 1.0 Final IB/M/Jun23/E2 7042/2P A-level HISTORY Component 2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997 Friday 9 June 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 16-page answer book. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7042/2...

Descartes - correct answer This philosopher employe the dream conjecture and the evil demon conjecture as a method to doubt his own existence Camus - correct answer "I see that man going back down with a heavy yet measured step toward the torment of which he will never know the end. That hour like a breathing-space which returns as surely as his suffering, that is the hour of consciousness Hobbes - correct answer This philosopher imagined that life in a state of nature would be "so...

Absolutism - CORRECT ANSWER The claim that there exists a universally valid moral system. Absolutism (2) - CORRECT ANSWER This idea opposes moral relativism which denies that there exists a universally applicable set of moral principles. Absolutism (3) - CORRECT ANSWER This idea can also claim that moral rules of principles do not admit any exceptions. Absurd - CORRECT ANSWER Items and or ideas that are irrational, selfcontradictory, and patently false. Absurd (2) - CORRECT ANSWER Ite...

A Priori - correct answer Before the fact. A Posteriori - correct answer After the fact. Absolutism - correct answer Ethics theory that there is only one absolute right, and one absolute wrong; One standard. Relativism - correct answer Denies the existence of a single, universally applicable moral standard. As the name implies, ethical relativists believe insist that the correct morality is relative to one's society: each society has its own morality, and an action of one perso...

IB philosophy core themes SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT ANSWERS Plato (human nature) - ANSWER Rationalist Descartes (human nature) - ANSWER Rationalist Locke (human nature) - ANSWER empiricist - blank slate Hobbes (human nature) - ANSWER State of nature - bad Rousseau (human nature) - ANSWER State of nature - good Darwin (human nature) - ANSWER irrational - evolution Descartes (mind/body) - ANSWER Substance dualist - mind does not depend on body Searle (mind/body) - ANSWER mind depends on...

Mind-Body Problem - correct answer The issue of how the mind is related to the brain and body Dualism - correct answer the presumption that mind and body are two distinct entities that interact Monism - correct answer the presumption that mind and body are different aspects of the same thing Ontological (Anselm) - correct answer St. Anselm claims to derive the existence of God from the concept of a being than which no greater can be conceived. St. Anselm reasoned that, if such a...

IB Philosophy - Core Theme SOLUTIONS 100% CORRECT ANSWERS Allegory of the cave (Plato's cave) - ANSWER To be liberated from the cave we must precede into the light, dismissing appearances as mere illusion and seek true knowledge. This is when we reach our goal ('telos') Normative - ANSWER how we should be/what we should do The Tri-partite soul (Plato) - ANSWER Reason (control), Spirit (emotions like pride and courage), Appetite (bodily and wordly desires) The Materialist view (H...

Absolutism - CORRECT ANSWER The claim that there exists a universally valid moral system. Absolutism (2) - CORRECT ANSWER This idea opposes moral relativism which denies that there exists a universally applicable set of moral principles. Absolutism (3) - CORRECT ANSWER This idea can also claim that moral rules of principles do not admit any exceptions. Absurd - CORRECT ANSWER Items and or ideas that are irrational, self-contradictory, and patently false. Absurd (2) - C...

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