Arguments Based on Observation: Teleological & Cosmological Lessons
Transform your teaching of Arguments for God’s Existence: Observation. This covers both the teleological and cosmological arguments with a complete, high-quality set of lessons designed specifically for the **OCR A-Level Philosophy of Religion **specification. This resource pack provides everything needed to deliver the topic confidently, creatively and with academic depth.
What’s Included:
Fully-resourced lessons covering:
• Paley & Aquinas’ teleological arguments
• Aquinas’ cosmological arguments
• Hume’s criticisms of these arguments
• JS Mill’s challenges to these arguments
• The challenges posed by evolution, Darwin & Dawkins
• Modern versions of the teleological argument from Tennant and Swinburne
• Plus a review lesson designed to stimulate academic debate and evalution
• There is also an essay strcutrue based lesson to support studnts with tricky questions in this unit.
Clear explanations + teacher notes
Complex ideas are broken down clearly without losing philosophical rigour. Each lesson includes guided teacher summaries, stimulus material and carefully selected scholarly quotations.
Exam-focused support
Activities structured around retrieval, AO1/AO2 skills, essay planning guidance, practice questions and model paragraph structures to build strong evaluation and critical writing skills.
Why teachers love this resource:
• Saves hours of planning
• Encourages high-level philosophical thinking
• Builds confidence in understanding complex theories
• Helps students secure top-level AO2 evaluation marks
• Ready to use immediately or adaptable for personalised delivery
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