Full Knowledge for OCR A-Level RS Philosophy

This 6 page document includes 3 extremely detailed essay plans on religious language. What's inside: Question 1 - 'Does the apophatic way provide an effective method for theological discussion?' Question 2 - To what extent is symbol an effective way of communicating religious ideas? Question 3 - To what extent is the via-positiva (cataphatic way, Aquinas) an effective way of communicating religious ideas? These essay plans include a wide range of scholars, counter arguments, a A* ...

This 2 page document includes a summary of Aquinas' cataphatic way or via positive. If you are struggling to understand this concept, reading this document is the way to go! What's inside: - Aquinas' cataphatic way explained - definitions of univocal language and equivocal language - Analogy - Why we would use analogy according to Aquinas - Analogy of attribution - Analogy of proper proportion - examples to further aid understanding

This 2 page document provides a summary of Wittgenstein's view of religious language, with criticisms along the way. What's inside: - Wittgenstein's picture theory - logical positivism with strengths and weaknesses - The vagueness of words - Wittgenstein's criticism of logical positivism - D.Z Phillips' view

This document is 2 pages long, so is only a brief summary, but is still useful for an in-depth understanding of Tillich's symbolic language! What's inside: - Tillich and symbolic language: a summary - Symbol examples - Criticisms of symbolism Essay plan: 'To what extent is symbol an effective way of communicating religious ideas?'

This 17-page booklet includes every single argument/scholar/piece of information you need to know for the topic AND includes synoptic links which are absolutely essential to achieve an A*. I only used this booklet to revise for my A level and got an A*! What's inside: - Possible practice questions Omnipotence: - God can do anything, including the impossible (Descartes, Anselm) with criticisms - God can only do the possible and logical (Aquinas, Swinburne) with criticisms - God delib...

This was written in year 13, achieving an A* grade and discusses whether it is possible to talk about God in a positive, meaningful way

this was written in my first year of sixth form, achieving an A+ grade and writing about Plato's theory of soul, mind and body

This was written in my first year of sixth form, achieving a grade A+ and discussing Aristotle's theory and his understanding of reality

This essay was written in year 12, acheiving a grade A+ and discusses the telelogical argument