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.
Epicures are devotees of fine food and drink. But Dr. Doug Adeney advises that their ancient Greek namesake Epicurus recommended pleasures of totally different sorts
Wednesday, 25th July - 1 class
Session ID
DNAS2001C
25 Jul - 25 Jul
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$49 / $47 (conc)
$49 / $47 (conc)
Teacher
Douglas Adeney
Douglas Adeney
Some philosophers hold that within the very concept of God there is proof that God must exist. Can this be? Join Dr. Doug Adeney for, what should be, a fascinating session.
Wednesday, 5th September - 1 class
Session ID
DNAS1801C
5 Sep - 5 Sep
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$49 / $47 (conc)
$49 / $47 (conc)
Teacher
Douglas Adeney
Douglas Adeney
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. There will also be some general discussion of important aspects of...
Wednesday, 2nd May - 5 classes
Session ID
DNAM2401C
2 May - 30 May
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$199 / $190 (conc)
$199 / $190 (conc)
Teacher
Douglas Adeney
Douglas Adeney
In the recent Australian census ‘No religion’ overtook Roman Catholic as the largest group of beliefs in Australia. However, many people are uncomfortable with the term ‘atheist’ and often use the term ‘agnostic’ as a gentler term with room for doubt. So what are...
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Dr. Doug Adeney considers five important views of morality and society, advanced respectively by Aristotle, Machiavelli, Mill, Nietzsche, and Iris Murdoch.
Wednesday, 1st August - 5 classes
Session ID
DNAS1901C
1 Aug - 29 Aug
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$189 / $180 (conc)
$189 / $180 (conc)
Teacher
Douglas Adeney
Douglas Adeney
Plato argues that the soul has three important parts. Aristotle holds that we are by nature political animals. Thomas Hobbes paints a frighteningly contrary picture of the ‘state of nature’. Immanuel Kant bases morality on the rationality of the ‘categorical...
Thursday, 9th August - 5 classes
Session ID
DNAD4602C
9 Aug - 6 Sep
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$199 / $190 (conc)
$199 / $190 (conc)
Teacher
Douglas Adeney
Douglas Adeney
Join Dr Doug Adeney to explore some major questions about our nature. Are we just physical organisms, as materialists say? Or is there a non-physical part or essence of a person, as dualists say? What is the self, and what provides its continuing identity, despite much change? Or is there no...
Thursday, 24th May - 5 classes
Session ID
DNZ82101C
24 May - 21 Jun
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$199 / $190 (conc)
$199 / $190 (conc)
Teacher
Douglas Adeney
Douglas Adeney
Some people hold that the existence of God can be rationally proved. Others say that while this is not possible, religious belief is well worth having because of the benefits it may bring. A third view is that religious belief is respectable as a matter of faith rather than reason. Join Dr. Doug...
Thursday, 19th July - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAD5302C
19 Jul - 2 Aug
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$145 / $138 (conc)
$145 / $138 (conc)
Teacher
Douglas Adeney
Douglas Adeney
Some say that human life is meaningless, or absurd. How so? If this is true, how should we feel, and what should we do about it? On the other hand, if life has or can have a meaning, what is it, and how do we find it? Join Dr. Doug Adeney to examine these questions and consider various responses...
Wednesday, 6th June - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAD5001C
6 Jun - 20 Jun
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$139 / $133 (conc)
$139 / $133 (conc)
Teacher
Douglas Adeney
Douglas Adeney
Explore the ideas of truth – philosophy, post-modernism, Brexit & Trump politics, and psychology with neuroscience. We will be working our way through barrages of claims, counter-claims, evidence, and lies. The material and group discussions are sure to entertain and stimulate all...
Tuesday, 12th June - 5 classes
Session ID
DNAL6601C
12 Jun - 10 Jul
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$199 / $190 (conc)
$199 / $190 (conc)
Teacher
Alex Mccullie
Alex Mccullie
Talks Courses Coming Up
Art in Florence & Its Nearby Towns and Monasteries - Early Morning
Join Dr. Ursula Betka and explore the less well-trodden paths to the enduring cities of Milan, Verona, Trento, Udine and Cividale. These...
Tea, Coffee & Chocolate
The Austrians, English, French and Italians fought over coffee. Spain brought chocolate from Mexico. Tea even played its part in the...