Callan Ledsham
BA (Hons) (West Aust) MA (Monash) MPhil (Leuven) PhD (Leuven)
Department of Philosophy
Dr Cal Ledsham is a member of the Department of Philosophy. He lectures in Latin, Epistemology, Modern Philosophy, Natural Law, and Medieval Philosophy.
The undergraduate units he teaches include:
- AL101 Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin A
- AL102 Introduction to Ecclesiastical Latin B
- AP131 Truth: What is That? Epistemology and Logic [Epistemology]
- AP207/307 The Challenge of Modern Philosophy
- AP221/321 New Directions in Natural Law Theory
- AP225/325 Rediscovering Medieval Philosophy
The postgraduate units he teaches include:
Cal Ledsham holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia, a Master of Arts from Monash University, Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium). His studies for these awards all had philosophy as the major or exclusive topic.
His publications include: "Duns Scotus" in Substantia - Siz et non: Eine Geschichedes Substanzbegriffs von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart in Einzebeitragen (2008); and "Johannes Duns Scotus" in Recherches de Theologie et Philosophie Medievales (2008).
He is a sessional lecturer in Ethics at Australian Catholic University and has also been a sessional lecturer in the United Faculty of Theology (Parkville).
His current research interests are medieval philosophy (John Duns Scotus), early modern philosophy (Hume), the problem of philosophical proofs/treatments of the necessity of revelation, contemporary ethics and political philosophy.
Contact: Email Cal Ledsham