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
- Advanced Diploma in Philosophy
- Graduate Diploma in Philosophy
- Master of Philosophical Studies
- Master of Philosophy
- Doctor of Philosophy
Units
| Unit name | Undergraduate Unit code | Postgraduate Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| An Introduction to Philosophy for Theology | AP1000C | AP8000C |
| Academic Writing, Critical Thinking, and Logic | AP1001C | AP8001C |
| An Introduction to Ethics and Natural Law | AP1200C | AP8200C |
| Philosophy of the Human Person and Society | AP2002C AP3002C | AP9002C |
| Know Thyself: An Introduction to Greek Philosophy | AP2100C AP3100C | AP9100C |
| Medieval Philosophy | AP2120C AP3120C | AP9120C |
| Medieval Philosophy Elaborating Faith: Thomistic Metaphysics and Ethics | AP2121C AP3121C | AP9121C |
| “Good Teacher, What Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life?” Medieval Theories of Beatitude | AP3122C | AP9122C |
| ‘In the Image of God he Created Them’: Medieval Theories of Human Transcendence, Cognition, Emotions and Value | AP3123C | AP9123C |
| Early Modern Philosophy | AP2140C AP3140C | AP9140C |
| “The Whole is a Riddle, an Enigma, and Inexplicable Mystery”: David Hume’s Philosophy of Religion | AP3141C | AP9141C |
| Twentieth-Century Philosophy: Existentialism, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics | AP2160C AP3160C | AP9160C |
| Recent Issues in Continental Philosophy | AP2161C AP3161C | AP9161C |
| Resilient Transcendence: Modern Philosophical Disputes on Human Nature | AP3163C | AP9163C |
| Philosophy of God | AP2210C AP3210C | AP9210C |
| The Big Questions: Metaphysics | AP2220C AP3220C | AP9220C |
| Epistemology: Theories of Knowledge, Language, Interpretation and Science | AP2230C AP3230C | AP9230C |
| Supervised Reading Unit: Philosophy | AP3418M | AP9424M |
| Masters Capstone Unit: What Has Athens To Do With Jerusalem? God and the Reasoning Human in Western Philosophy | – | XS9905C |