1. Summer homework A-Level Religious Studies
Preparation for Philosophy

2. How did Aristotle describe humans? What did he mean?
Watch the video by clicking on the link and answer the following questions:
How did Aristotle describe humans? What did he mean?
What makes a good argument?
What is a tripartite soul? Explain each part.
Explain Bertrand Russell’s analogy.
Explain what Russell was trying to prove.
How are philosophical arguments structured?
What are deductive arguments?
Give your own example.
When can deductive arguments be false?

3. What does inductive reasoning rely on?
Watch the video by clicking on the link and answer the following questions:
What does inductive reasoning rely on?
Explain the difference between deductive and inductive arguments.
Give your own example of an inductive argument.
What are the problems with this type of reasoning?
Explain Goodman’s thought exercise.
What is abduction reasoning?
What are interlocutors?
Explain the Socratic method.

4. What is the cosmological argument? Who came up with it?
Watch the video by clicking on the link and answer the following questions:
What is the cosmological argument?
Who came up with it?
Why did he refute Anselm’s argument?
What type of argument is the cosmological argument?
Explain Aquinas’ argument from motion.
Explain Aquinas’ argument from causation.
Explain Aquinas argument from contingency.
What are some of the weaknesses of the cosmological argument?
What are some of the strengths of the cosmological argument?
Explain your personal opinion of the cosmological argument.