AQA A-LEVEL PHILOSOPHY Paper 2 The metaphysics of God and the metaphysics of mind QP MAY 2025

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A-level
PHILOSOPHY
Paper 2 The metaphysics of God and the metaphysics of mind
AQA A-LEVEL PHILOSOPHY Paper 2 The metaphysics of God and the metaphysics of mind QP
MAY 2025

Tuesday 20 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 3 hours
Materials For Examiner’s Use
You will need no other materials. Question Mark
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Instructions
 Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 2
 Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 3
 Answer all questions. 4
 You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do
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not write outside the box around each page or on blank
pages. 6
 If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at 7
the end of this book. Write the question number against your 8
answer(s).
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 Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do
not want to be marked. 10

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 The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
 The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
 You will be assessed on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.

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Metaphysics of God

Answer all questions in this
section.


0 1 State the difference between God being everlasting and God being eternal.
[3 marks]




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0 2 Explain Aquinas’ Second Way (his argument from atemporal causation).
[5 marks]




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0 3 Explain Basil Mitchell’s view about religious language using his ‘Partisan’ story.
[5 marks]




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