Buddhism: Dialogue with Philosophy | AQA A-Level Religious Studies (7062)
Buddhism: Dialogue with Philosophy
- 28 questions
- 2 subtopics
- Component 2: Buddhism, one religion of five
- Component 2
Buddhism: how philosophy of religion and the tradition have shaped one another.
Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Buddhism as their chosen religion.
Sample questions from Buddhism: Dialogue with Philosophy
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Buddhism and Philosophy: Reality and the Self
Why has the Buddhist doctrine of anatta attracted significant philosophical attention?
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Because it challenges Western assumptions about personal identity and the soul, prompting philosophical debates about the nature of the self, personal continuity, and what persists through death and rebirth. -
Buddhism and Philosophy: Reality and the Self
Why have Buddhist meditation practices been significant for philosophical discussions of religious experience?
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They provide detailed phenomenological accounts of altered states of consciousness and claims to direct insight into reality, which philosophers have used to examine the nature, validity, and interpretation of religious experiences. -
Other Religions, Miracles and the Nature of Faith
What must be evaluated regarding the meaningfulness of Buddhist statements of faith?
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How meaningful Buddhist statements of faith are and for whom they hold meaning. -
Other Religions, Miracles and the Nature of Faith
What distinction does the debate about the nature of faith make?
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It distinguishes between faith as 'belief in' versus faith as 'belief that'.
The 2 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Buddhism and Philosophy: Reality and the Self | Recall questions on the philosophical dialogue over ultimate reality and personal identity and on why anatta has drawn such attention. | 10 |
| Other Religions, Miracles and the Nature of Faith | Recall questions on Buddhist inclusivism and miracles, the reasonableness, meaningfulness and coherence of Buddhist beliefs, and the distinction between belief in and belief that. | 18 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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