A unit of work (5-6 lessons) aimed at AQA A Level Philosophy. Also works for IB, Scottish Highers and equivalent qualifications. Package 5: Eliminative Materialism

Revision PPT on Eliminative Materialism for AQA A Level - Metaphysics of Mind. Covers all content in theory: definitions, arguments, criticisms, responses.

Handout on abortion with different views across major religions & non-religious worldviews, including Catholic, atheist/humanist, CofE, Islam and Buddhism.

Full lesson, can be 2 lessons, for Metaphysics of Mind for AQA A Level Philosophy. KS5 Y12 / Y13. Covers qualia, intentionality, & whether either is necessary or sufficient to be a mental state.

Lesson PPT (45-60 minutes) aimed at AQA A Level Philosophy - Metaphysics of Mind. Contains: qualia, with definitions & examples intentionality, with definitions & examples -substance dualism -Descartes’ indivisibility argument for substance dualism.

Detailed worksheet for AQA A Level Philosophy KS5. AO1 & AO2 direct & indirect realism & idealism - incl criticisms and AO2 evaluation.

Detailed worksheet for AQA A Level Philosophy KS5. Cloze exercise; AO1 & AO2 incl evaluation of Descartes; Plato; Leibniz. Usable in 1-2 hour lessons.

PPT on property dualism for AQA A Level Philosophy - full A Level/post-16 lesson. Chalmers, emergence, supervenience, knowledge, zombies.

Full lesson & PPT for KS5 AQA A Level on Descartes’ conceivability argument for substance dualism and full criticisms & responses.

Full 45-60 mins lesson (1 hour) PPT on Chomsky, innate grammar and innate language. Designed for use with Y12 and Y13 Philosophy students on AQA A Level Philosophy course, but could work for KS5 or post-16 Linguistics, English Language or as an assembly. Contains 12 slides which includes: Case study/scenario as starter activity Explanation of Chomsky’s thesis and key claims Criticisms - 5 criticisms, shared slide-by-slide Responses - with 3 main responses visible on board Plenary activity asking students to evaluate Chomsky’s claim (for AO2 at A Level Philosophy)

A unit of work (6 lessons) aimed at AQA A Level Philosophy. Also works for IB, Scottish Highers and equivalent qualifications. Package 6: Property Dualism

Full unit of work on Functionalism in AQA A Level Metaphysics of Mind, including worksheets, handouts, student activities and writing guidance alongside full spec coverage.

2-3 lessons on Metaphysics of Mind - problem of other minds, responses to it and criticisms of responses. Full coverage of AQA A Level spec at KS5.

Full lesson PPT aimed at KS4 (can be used KS3 e.g. Y8 or short course) on Teleological/Design Argument for existence of God and criticisms. Should take 45 mins to 60 mins delivery in class. Also used recently for AQA A Level Philosophy Metaphysics of God on Design Arg. Contains: Introductory slide with key learning question Recap activity on what design argument is; steps of design argument; opportunity to then check and amend content to address any missed content or misconceptions Reminder of key headlines of vocabulary - telos; purpose; William Paley Paley’s text to set up Design Arg Criticisms slide listing 4 key criticisms 4 slides, each explaining the criticisms in gradually revealed bullet-points 9 slides in total, all with work for students as they go.

Full PPT covering 1-2, max 3, lessons on how both substance dualism & property dualism face issues: Interactionism & issues; Epiphenomenalism & issues Contains all criticisms, with teacher’s notes & replies. KS5. AQA A Level Philosophy. Total 15 slides covering: the empirical interaction problem the conceptual interaction problem evolution by natural selection phenomenology of our mental life (ie as involving causal connections) - how this is unintuitive & makes mental causally redundant introspective self-knowledge - How can we form self-knowledge or even self-beliefs if mental states don’t cause anything?

Aimed at AQA GCSE RE pupils but may also be useful for OCR and Edexcel and for Y9, Y10 or Y11 pupils. The worksheet introduces euthanasia including as GCSE topic. Includes PPT slides on: the law in UK and 1961 Suicide Act active vs. passive euthanasia types and forms of euthanasia doctors switching off life-support machines moral views on euthanasia religious attitudes to euthanasia - Christian and Muslim arguments for and against Should take around 60 minutes to deliver but could be longer up to 90 minutes or double lesson with added discussion.

Versatile resource for displays, information sheets for fact-finding tasks, prompts to introduce philosophy at KS4 and KS5, and for delivering an assembly or lecture introducing the subject or advertising it for A Level or post-16 study.

AQA A Level Philosophy revision lesson giving you a taste of the unit of work ‘A Level Philosophy: ‘A Level Metaphysics of Mind Revision’, available in my TES shop.

AQA A Level Philosophy lesson on ‘Property Dualism’, giving you a taste of the unit of work ‘A Level Philosophy Property Dualism’, available in TES shop.