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Advanced Higher RMPS

Faculty of Humanities and Citizenship, Religious Studies Department

Philosophy of Religion

Philosophy of Religion: On-line Resources

When reading from any of the links below you need to think carefully about any possible bias or agenda that the author and/or the organisation may have, and ensure that you read critically.

The links are organised under the following headings:

Philosophy of Religion: General Resources
Philosophy of Religion: The Cosmological Argument
Philosophy of Religion: The Design (Teleological) Argument
Philosophy of Religion: Atheism
Philosophy of Religion: Philosophers
Philosophy of Religion: Fun Stuff!

Philosophy of Religion : General Resources

General:

Resource pack: "RMPS: Philosophy of Religion: Advanced Higher" on LTS NQ. NB - this resource is for the old Advanced Higher arrangements and so only two of the three sections in it are now relevant; the old arrangements included 'The Moral Argument', which has now been replaced with 'Atheism'.

Resource pack: "Philosophy: Higher: Methaphysics" on LTS NQ. NB - This resource pack contains material on the Cosmological and Teleological (Design) Arguments - see pages 49-54. The other material in the pack is not relevevant for Advanced Higher RMPS.

Glossary: Philosophy "Glossary of Technical Terms" from the University of Aberdeen

Philosophy of Religion : Cosmological Argument

Cosmological Argument:

Article: "Cosmological Argument" on The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Article: "The Cosmological Argument" on PhilosophyOnline: Philosophy of Religion (a resource site for AS level Philosophy)

Article: "The Cosmological Argument" on The Philosophy of Religion website with sub-sections on "The Kalam Cosmological Argument" and "The Argument from Contingency"

Article: "The Case Against the Cosmological Argument" on the website Atheist Ground

God and Necessity:

Article: "God and Other Necessary Beings" on The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Big Bang Theory:

Series of articles: "Origins" on the BBC's Science and Nature pages

Series of articles: "Articles with the tag 'Big Bang''" on the website Universe Today, scroll down for articles includes

Self-study unit: "The evolving universe" on OpenLearn, free learning resources from the Open University. NB - this is a university level resource.

Oscillating Theory:

Article: "Oscillating Universe Theory" on the website Universe Today

Philosophy of Religion : Design (Teleological) Argument

Teleological Argument:

Article: "The Teleological Argument" on The Philosophy of Religion website

Article: "The Case Against the Design Argument" on the website Atheist Ground

Design:

Video: "Designer or no designer?" on the BBC's Learning Zone Broadband

The Theory of Evolution:

Self-study unit: "Evolution through natural selection" on OpenLearn, free learning resources from the Open University. NB - this is a university level resource

Self-study unit: "The science of evolution" on OpenLearn, free learning resources from the Open University, includes sections on evolution, creationism and intelligent design. NB - this is a university level resource.

Philosophy of Religion : Atheism

General:

Series of articles: "Atheism" on the BBC

Series of articles: "Arguments for atheism" on The Philosophy of Religion website

Video: "The future of atheism" on the BBC's Learning Zone Broadband

Video: "Why am I an atheist?" on the BBC's Learning Zone Broadband

Wider interest:

Video: "Being an atheist in the USA" on the BBC's Learning Zone Broadband

Video: "Atheism in the USA" on the BBC's Learning Zone Broadband

Philosophy of Religion : Philosophers

Thomas Aquinas:

Article: "Saint Thomas Aquinas" on The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Book: "St Thomas Aquinas" by G K Chesterton

Article: "St Thomas Aquinas" on The Philosophy of Religion website

Links coming soon on ....

Aristotle:

William Lane Craig:

David Hume:

Bertrand Russell:

Anthony Kenny:

Gottfried Leibniz:

Immanuel Kant:

Brian Davies:

Philosophy of Religion : Fun Stuff!

(Yes, I'm aware that I'm working with a questionable definition of 'fun' here. Humour me.)

Game: "Do It Yourself Deity" on The Philosophers' Magazine Online

Game: "Battleground God" on The Philosophers' Magazine Online

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