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.
The debates over (1) determinism and its threat to human freedom, and (2) the objectivity or relativity of morality, are two of philosophy’s classics.
Thursday, 24th June - 5 classes
Session ID
DNZ66701C
24 Jun - 22 Jul
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$219 / $209 (conc)
$219 / $209 (conc)
Teacher
What is knowledge, how do we get it, and do we have as much of it as we like to think? Join Dr Douglas Adeney to tackle these questions.
Thursday, 3rd June - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAN2501C
3 Jun - 17 Jun
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$149 / $142 (conc)
$149 / $142 (conc)
Teacher
What is philosophy? What is its value? Join Dr Douglas Adeney to address these questions and some selected philosophical issues concerning the good life.
Wednesday, 2nd June - 5 classes
Session ID
DNZ47701C
2 Jun - 30 Jun
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$219 / $209 (conc)
$219 / $209 (conc)
Teacher
Survey the life and times of Niccoló Machiavelli and consider a number of interpretations and ramifications of his views.
Thursday, 29th July - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAX8501C
29 Jul - 12 Aug
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$149 / $142 (conc)
$149 / $142 (conc)
Teacher
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.
Wednesday, 1st September - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAD5301C
1 Sep - 15 Sep
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$149 / $142 (conc)
$149 / $142 (conc)
Teacher
Life -meaningless? But if it has a meaning, what is it? Dr. Doug Adeney examines the questions and considers various responses including those of Tolstoy, Camus, Nagel and Monty Python.
Wednesday, 7th July - 3 classes
Session ID
DNAD5001C
7 Jul - 21 Jul
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$149 / $142 (conc)
$149 / $142 (conc)
Teacher
Join Doug Adeney in examining 5 Philosophical Views, from Plato Kant.
Wednesday, 28th July - 5 classes
Session ID
DNAX8601C
28 Jul - 25 Aug
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$219 / $209 (conc)
$219 / $209 (conc)
Teacher
Join Doug Adeney to discuss and examine the philosophies of Plato, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Karl Marx adn Friedrich Engels.
Thursday, 19th August - 5 classes
Session ID
DNAX8801C
19 Aug - 16 Sep
11:00am - 12:30pm
Location
CAE
Session Fees
$219 / $209 (conc)
$219 / $209 (conc)
Teacher
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