Help students navigate key concepts and philosophical arguments and develop their own points of view with our clear, engaging AS Philosophy textbook, written for the new AQA AS Philosophy specification

Written by the authors of Philosophy in Focus, this book covers both units, Epistemology and Philosophy of Religion, and supports students in understanding difficult material through a clear style and visual examples of concepts and ideas.
- Encourages students to engage with the anthology texts with clear prompts to read the relevant extracts, helpfully provided at the back of the book for ease of teaching and studying
- Cements knowledge and understanding of key philosophical ideas through varied activities
- Develops analytical skills and students' own philosophical viewpoints through practical tasks
- Stretches students with clearly signposted extension material

Contents
Introduction
Introduction to Descartes' Meditations
Section 1: Epistemology
Section 2: Philosophy of Religion
Section 3: Preparing for the exam
3.1 How to approach the exam
3.2 How to read philosophy
Section 4: Anthology extracts
Glossary
Notes
Selected bibliography
Index

The author team have a wealth of Philosophy teaching experience between them. They have published seven titles for Hodder in the Philosophy in Focus series.

Dan Cardinal has been a Philosophy teacher and lecturer for over 20 years. He currently teaches at the University of Kent, Canterbury.

Jeremy Hayward has taught Philosophy since 1994. For the last decade he has been lecturing in Education at the Institute of Education, London.

Gerald Jones began teaching Philosophy in 1990. He is currently Head of Adult Education for the London borough of Ealing.