One unit, one argument — told three times. What are religious experiences, are they real, and what — if anything — do they prove?
Can a private encounter with God ever carry public weight — as evidence for anyone else, or only as faith for the one who had it?
Each lesson's positions line up on one axis — and the poles change with the lesson: encounter → union, brain → God, evidence → faith. Pick a sub-topic, then tap a position to see what it claims and where it's strong or weak.
Tap a circle — or use Tab and Enter — to explore each position.
Top answers don't treat the three lessons separately. Three ideas run through all of them — spot the thread and you're writing at the top of the mark scheme.
Bernadette's sister and friend saw nothing. That single fact drives the verification debate — and the strongest objection to Swinburne.
Four marks in lesson 1, "any route — judge by fruits" in lesson 2, public fruits as evidence in lesson 3. One scholar, all three lessons.
What you say an experience IS (encounter or union) sets what would verify it — and what it could ever prove.
The unit splits into three debates. They look different, but each is really asking what a private encounter is worth.
Everything for the unit, in one place. Open a sub-topic's lesson, booklet and podcast, and use the Philosopher Companion across all three.
LINKS list near the bottom, and paste each SharePoint share link once. Buttons with no link show as “Link not set”.
Use your resources in this order. The Philosopher Companion is where you learn to plan both question types.
One podcast per sub-topic — a teacher and student talk each view through to a judgement. Annotate as you listen.
Read the given text, write the key claims in your own words, then decide the strength and weakness you'd give each view.
In the Companion: match each term to its meaning, then use it in a sentence. RAG-rate the mastery checklist with the three faces.
Use the Companion frameworks and the guidance-left / your-turn-right scaffolds. Never evaluate what you haven't first explained.
A full review of Religious Experience — the nature of the experiences, the challenges from science, and Swinburne's principles. Best watched before you start revising, then again to check your recall.
Teacher: paste the YouTube link in the VIDEO_URL line near the bottom of this file. The player then appears here automatically.
Flip a card to check yourself. Switch between key terms (term → meaning) and views (view → claim, strength & weakness), and filter by sub-topic.