2019 Exam Feedback (5th June and 10th June)

Quote from christian on June 6, 2019, 6:41 pm

How did you find it? I think the questions were something like this:

Paper 1:

Epistemology:

• Define the three types of knowledge. (3 marks)
• Explain Berkeley's master argument. (5 marks)
• Explain Descartes' intuition and deduction. (5 marks)
• Explain scepticism and Locke's reply from the involuntary nature of perception. (12 marks)
• Is there innate knowledge? (25 marks)

Ethics:

• What is moral anti realism? (3 marks)
• Explain the difference between acting in accordance with duty and acting out of duty. (5 marks)
• Explain why Hume says moral judgements are non-cognitive. (5 marks)
• Apply Aristotle's virtue theory to the issue of simulated killing. (12 marks)
• Assess utilitarianism. (25 marks)

Paper 2:

Metaphysics of God:

• Explain the difference between moral evil and natural evil. (3 marks)
• Explain the paradox of the stone. (5 marks)
• Outline the differences between cognitivist and non-cognitivist accounts of religious language. (5 marks)
• Outline Descartes' ontological argument and Kant's response that existence is not a predicate. (12 marks)
• Assess the teleological argument. (25 marks)

Metaphysics of Mind:

• Define qualia. (3 marks)
• Explain how the knowledge argument could be used against functionalism. (5 marks)
• Explain Ryle's argument that substance dualism makes a category mistake. (5 marks)
• Outline what a philosophical zombie is and explain the response that philosophical zombies are metaphysically impossible. (12 marks)
• Assess eliminative materialism. (25 marks)