Metaphysics of God - Arguments for God's existence

This resource contains all lessons for ‘arguments for God’s existence’ (and the Problem of Evil) as part of the ‘Metaphysics of God’ unit under AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. Relevant for either the A-Level, these resources summarise each respective argument/theory, alongside their critiques and any relevant defences. Exam questions are also included routinely.

Unit contains:

• Ontological Arguments for God’s existence (Anselm, Descartes and Malcolm)
• Issues with the ontological arguments (Gaunilo, Aquinas, Hick and Empiricist criticisms)
• Teleological Arguments for God’s existence (Aquinas, Hume, Paley and Swinburne)
• Issues with the teleological arguments (Hume’s critiques and evolution)
• Cosmological Arguments for God’s existence (Al-Ghazali, Aquinas, Descartes and Leibniz)
• Issues with the cosmological arguments (contradiction, the Cartesian Circle, the possibility of an infinite series, the fallacy of composition and why stop at God?)
• The problem of evil and responses to this

Whilst this contains all relevant theoretical materials, and poses questions to probe understanding, please use the approved AQA textbook for relevant activities.

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