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	title:	Understanding Philosophy for A2 Level AQA
	author:	Sue Johnson, Keith Maslin, Rupert Woodfin, Roy Jackson, Mel Thompson
	format:	Paperback
	publisher:	Nelson Thornes
	released:	October 18, 2005
	isbn:	0748792538
	isbn-13:	9780748792535

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Customer Reviews
Solid textbook. No real complaints. - Rated One of the best books you will be able to find for the A2 AQA specification. The authors explain things well, knowing they are writing mainly for students and manage to neither patronise nor surpass the 17 year-old's academic understadning. I used mainly the Political Philosophy section and, although perhaps some extra detaill would have been nice, I generally found it extremely useful. Having read some more of the book in my spare time, I found the Philosophy of Science section to be especially well-written and explained, esepcially as some of the theories are quite complex. I did find, however, that the section on Mill's 'On Liberty' was not as good as it could;ve been. It was organised slightly erraticly and, as a result, a clear idea of Mill's arguments was somewhat lost. Having said that, when you look at the rest of the book it seems that the Mill chapter was most definitely the odd one out. The other chapters on set texts seem much more detailed and logical, so do not be put off at all. The only real pity is that you will not use the book as much as you think, as you will take only two of the units of the seven inside. However this is clearly not an actual criticsm of the book as the sections you will use are covered very well. And in any case, the other sections constitue a good read if like the subject or want to take it to degree level like I do. There is no coverage of technique for the synoptic essay which consititues the last unit, but prescribing what is 'good' and what is 'bad' in that are would've been frought with difficulties so that is expected. Although there were a few negatives mentioned, overall this is a solid textbook well worth picking up as it will unndoubedtly help you.

Customer Reviews

Solid textbook. No real complaints. - Rated 4/5
One of the best books you will be able to find for the A2 AQA specification. The authors explain things well, knowing they are writing mainly for students and manage to neither patronise nor surpass the 17 year-old's academic understadning. I used mainly the Political Philosophy section and, although perhaps some extra detaill would have been nice, I generally found it extremely useful. Having read some more of the book in my spare time, I found the Philosophy of Science section to be especially well-written and explained, esepcially as some of the theories are quite complex.

I did find, however, that the section on Mill's 'On Liberty' was not as good as it could;ve been. It was organised slightly erraticly and, as a result, a clear idea of Mill's arguments was somewhat lost. Having said that, when you look at the rest of the book it seems that the Mill chapter was most definitely the odd one out. The other chapters on set texts seem much more detailed and logical, so do not be put off at all.

The only real pity is that you will not use the book as much as you think, as you will take only two of the units of the seven inside. However this is clearly not an actual criticsm of the book as the sections you will use are covered very well. And in any case, the other sections constitue a good read if like the subject or want to take it to degree level like I do. There is no coverage of technique for the synoptic essay which consititues the last unit, but prescribing what is 'good' and what is 'bad' in that are would've been frought with difficulties so that is expected.

Although there were a few negatives mentioned, overall this is a solid textbook well worth picking up as it will unndoubedtly help you.