Would you like to enhance your skills in evaluating reasoning and the presentation of ideas? Are you interested in exploring the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence? Join our Philosophy workshops to discuss with the experts and others who have the same interests.
Please note: All courses without ‘online’ in the title refer to a face to face delivery.
Would you like to enhance your skills in evaluating, reasoning and the presentation of ideas? Join Dr Doug Adeney to identify and reflect on some good and not so good examples, on topics ranging from the everyday to hot topics.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
An introduction to five famous texts in political philosophy: Plato (Republic), Aristotle (Politics), Machiavelli (The Prince), Hobbes (Leviathan), Marx & Engels (Communist Manifesto).
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
A critical discussion of key philosophical ideas in Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Iris Murdoch.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
What is philosophy? What good is it? Join Dr Douglas Adeney to address these questions and then a couple of philosophy’s classic problems.
Tuesday, 10th February - 5 classes
Session ID
DNZ47701C
10 Feb - 10 Mar
10:30am - 12:30pm
Location
CBD
Session Fees
$395 / $375 (conc)
$395 / $375 (conc)
Teacher
Douglas ADENEY
Douglas ADENEY
Is religious belief supported by a rational case for its truth? Or by its potential benefits? Or by ‘faith’? Join Dr Douglas Adeney to investigate.
Tuesday, 17th March - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAD5301C
17 Mar - 31 Mar
10:30am - 12:30pm
Location
CBD
Session Fees
$275 / $261 (conc)
$275 / $261 (conc)
Teacher
Douglas ADENEY
Douglas ADENEY
If life a meaning, what is it? Dr. Doug Adeney examines the questions and various responses of Leo Tolstoy, Albert Camus, Thomas Nagel, Susan Wolf, and Monty Python.
Currently, we have no dates scheduled for this course. Please contact us via email customer.care@boxhill.edu.au to register your interest.
History, Culture and Philosophy Courses Coming Up
Religious Belief: Three Classic Approaches
Some people hold that the existence of God can be rationally proved. Others say that while this is not possible, religious belief is well...
The Cold War in the 1950s: Reds Under the Bed
In the aftermath of the Second World War, a tense rivalry emerged between the United States and the Soviet Union, shaping global politics...