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Philosophy of Religion (Component 01)

Quick questions on The nature and impact of religious experience - OCR A-Level Religious Studies Component 01

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What is challenges to religious experience?
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A standard reply is the "nothing but" fallacy: showing that an experience has a brain correlate does not show it is nothing but brain activity, any more than seeing a tree being a brain state shows there is no tree.
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"Religious experience is no more than a product of the human mind." Discuss. [40 marks]
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Assess Swinburne's principle of credulity as a basis for belief in God. [40 marks]

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