Faith and Doubt

What is the nature of faith? What is the nature of doubt? Are these related? Why do these questions matter perhaps more than ever? Join us and find out! We look at some major accounts from Socrates, Plato and Aristotle to the Pyrrhonists (Skeptics), the Existentialists, Russell, Wittgenstein and Swinburne, among others.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

SUGGESTED READING

• Plato, The Last Days of Socrates
• Cottingham, The meaning of life
• Russell, Religion and science
• Russell, Mysticism and logic
  Wittgenstein, On Certainty
  Swinburne, Faith and reason

COURSE OUTLINE

• What is the nature of faith?
• What is the nature of doubt?
• Scepticism and certainty
• Faith, doubt and modern culture

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, student should be able to:

1. Gain an understanding of the nature of faith and doubt
2. Analyse and evaluate of these two natures
3. Have an understanding of scepticism
4. Understand the relevance of faith, doubt and scepticism today