Perception as a source of knowledge. One lesson at a time: listen to the episode, play the three games until the streak holds, then write to a real past-paper question in the time the exam gives you.
Specimen to 2026, by tariff. A dash means that year's question at that tariff was on another unit of the same section.
| Year | 3 marks | 5 marks | 5 marks | 12 marks | 25 marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specimen | — | Q02Explain one way in which a direct realist could respond to the argument from illusion. | Q03Explain how Berkeley's idealism differs from indirect realism. | — | — |
| 2019 | — | Q02Explain Berkeley's 'Master' argument. | — | Q04Outline how indirect realism leads to scepticism about the existence of mind-independent objects and explain Locke's response based on the involuntary nature of our experience. | — |
| 2020 | — | Q02Explain why there might be a problem with the role played by God in Berkeley's idealism. | — | — | Q05How convincing is direct realism? |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | Q05Is Berkeley's idealist account of perception convincing? |
| 2022 | — | — | Q03Explain how the argument from hallucination presents an issue for direct realism. | Q04Outline indirect realism and explain Berkeley's objection that mind-dependent ideas cannot be like mind-independent objects. | — |
| 2023 | Q01What is the difference between direct realism and indirect realism? | Q02Explain Locke's distinction between primary qualities and secondary qualities. | — | — | — |
| 2024 | — | Q02How does the argument from perceptual variation present an issue for direct realism? | — | — | — |
| 2025 | — | — | — | — | Q05Is indirect realism convincing? |
| 2026 | — | — | — | — | Q05Does Berkeley's idealism give the correct account of perception as a source of knowledge? |
Read your answer as the examiner will. Which of these would they write beside it?