Callan Ledsham
BA (Hons) (West Aust) MA (Monash) MPhil (Leuven) PhD (Leuven) GCHE (ACU)
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
- AP113 Academic Writing, Critical Thinking and Logic
- AP214/314 Medieval Philosophy
- AP216/316 Medieval Philosophy Elaborating Faith: Thomistic Metaphysics and Ethics (10 points)
- AP217/317 Early Modern Philosophy
- AP230/330 The Big Questions: Metaphysics
- AP234/334 Natural Law (10 points)
- AP236/336 Epistemology: Theories of Knowledge (10 points)
The graduate units he teaches include:
- AP314 Medieval Philosophy
- AP316 Medieval Philosophy Elaborating Faith:
Thomistic Metaphysics and Ethics (10 points) - AP317 Early Modern Philosophy
- AP330 The Big Questions: Metaphysics
- AP334 Natural Law (10 points)
- AP336 Epistemology: Theories of Knowledge (10 points)
- AP433 "Good Teacher What Must I Do to Inherit Eternal Life?"
Medieval Theories of Beatitudes - AP434 "The Whole is a Riddle, an Enigma, an Inexplicable Mystery":
David Hume's Philosophy of Religion
Cal Ledsham holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia, a Master of Arts from Monash University, a Master of Philosophy and a Doctor of Philosophy from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education from Australian Catholic University.
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