Studying Philosophy will confront you with perennial questions about the human person, the world and God that have fascinated great thinkers for over 3,000 years. From the probing and enquiring mind of Socrates, to the lofty visions of Augustine and Aquinas – from the radical challenge of Descartes and Hume in the Enlightenment, to critique of Nietzsche and the unsettling postmodernism of Heidegger and recent continental thinkers in the last hundred years. The Philosophy program at CTC will introduce you to these figures, and the questions they continue to pose to us. It will enable you to engage in rational enquiry and reflection both on the Christian tradition, and on contemporary issues that confront us in our secular world.
Specialist Degrees
Units
“Good Teacher, What Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life?” Medieval Theories of Beatitude
‘In the Image of God he Created Them’: Medieval Theories of Human Transcendence, Cognition, Emotions and Value
“The Whole is a Riddle, an Enigma, and Inexplicable Mystery”: David Hume’s Philosophy of Religion
Masters Capstone Unit: What Has Athens To Do With Jerusalem? God and the Reasoning Human in Western Philosophy
Supervised Reading Units are available to students who have the prerequisites of level 3/9 study and wish to pursue a particular topic in Philosophy.