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What are Qualia?

May 5, 2025 PhilosophyALevel.com Leave a comment

The technical definition of qualia (singular: quale) according to the A-level philosophy specification is: intrinsic and non-intentional phenomenal properties that…

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Posted in: Metaphysics, Metaphysics of mind

The Conceptual Interaction Problem for Dualism

May 3, 2025 PhilosophyALevel.com Leave a comment

Substance dualism is the view that the mind is a completely different and distinct kind of substance to physical stuff.…

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Posted in: Dualism, Metaphysics of mind

Mackie’s Argument from Queerness

March 29, 2025 PhilosophyALevel.com

J.L. Mackie’s argument from queerness is an argument for moral anti-realism (the meta-ethical view that there are no objective moral…

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Posted in: Metaethics, Moral philosophy

Cognitivism and Non-cognitivism in Metaethics

February 11, 2025 PhilosophyALevel.com

In metaethics, cognitivism and non-cognitivism are two different views of what moral judgements – such as “stealing is wrong” –…

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Posted in: Metaethics, Moral philosophy

Physicalism, Dualism, and Idealism: 3 Competing Metaphysical Possibilities

February 5, 2025 PhilosophyALevel.com

Metaphysics explores the fundamental nature of reality. And one of its central debates concerns the relationship between the mind and…

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Posted in: Metaphysics, Metaphysics of mind

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn

February 3, 2025 PhilosophyALevel.com

Science is often seen as a linear process of steadily accumulating knowledge over time. We might imagine that science progresses…

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Posted in: Philosophy of Science

The Difference Between Formal and Informal Fallacies

November 17, 2024 PhilosophyALevel.com

Fallacies are errors in reasoning that can undermine an argument and lead to false conclusions. These errors can be divided…

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Posted in: Reason and argument

The Relationship Between Belief, Knowledge, and Truth

September 22, 2024 PhilosophyALevel.com

Note: I am making a few assumptions here, such as a correspondence theory of truth and that belief is a…

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Posted in: Epistemology

Nozick’s Truth-Tracking Definition of Knowledge

August 19, 2024 PhilosophyALevel.com

The definition of knowledge is a big topic in epistemology and philosophy. The classic definition – which goes back to…

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Posted in: Epistemology

5 Tips to Improve Your 25 Mark Essays

July 3, 2024 PhilosophyALevel.com

Whereas the other questions (3, 5, and 12 marks) require you to explain an idea or argument (AO1), the 25…

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Posted in: Essay Writing, Exam Technique

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