Disciplines: Philosophy
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.
Courses
Philosophy units can be undertaken in most of CTC courses. Please view our courses for more information.
Specialist degrees
Units on offer in 2025
Undergraduate Units
Postgraduate Units
- An Introduction to Philosophy for Theology AP8000C
- An Introduction to Ethics and Natural Law AP8200C
- Ancient Philosophy AP9100C
- Early Modern Philosophy AP9140C
- Medieval Philosophy AP9120C
- Metaphysics and Epistemology AP9223C
- Masters Capstone Unit: What Has Athens To Do With Jerusalem? God and the Reasoning Human in Western Philosophy XS9905C
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.
Units not on offer in 2025
- Academic Writing, Critical Thinking, and Logic AP1001C/8001C
- Epistemology: Theories of Knowledge, Language, Interpretation, and Science AP2230C/3230C/9230C
- “Good Teacher, What Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life?” Medieval Theories of Beatitude AP3122C/9122C
- ‘In the Image of God he Created Them’: Medieval Theories of Human Transcendence, Cognition, Emotions and Value AP3123C/9123C
- Medieval Philosophy Elaborating Faith: Thomistic Metaphysics and Ethics AP2121C/3121C/9121C
- Philosophy of God AP2210C/3210C/9210C
- Philosophy of the Human Person and Society AP2002C/3002C/9002C
- Recent Issues in Continental Philosophy AP2161C/3161C/9161C
- Resilient Transcendence: Modern Philosophical Disputes on Human Nature AP3163C/9163C
- The Big Questions: Metaphysics AP2220C/3220C/9220C
- “The Whole is a Riddle, an Enigma, and Inexplicable Mystery”: David Hume’s Philosophy of Religion AP2141C/3141C/9141C
- Twentieth-Century Philosophy: Existentialism, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics AP2160C/3160C/9160C