TH 18 - Philosophy for Catholic Theology

• Identify and articulate the particular goals of both philosophy and theology, where they converge and contrast, and the harmony between them as a mutual pursuit of truth.
• Become familiar with the major branches of philosophy, and understand the basic questions they seek to satisfy relative to their field of study.
• Be introduced to the major philosophical figures of the ancient world, and recognize how Christianity ‘baptized’ their reasoning in and through the Christian Middle Ages.
• Recognize the critical turn of modern philosophy beginning in the 17th century, and through the Enlightenment its effect on contemporary culture, particularly towards an understanding of the human person.
• Navigate and disentangle the erroneous conflicts between faith and reason and in recognizing both the foundations and strengths/weaknesses of an argument, apply that knowledge in presenting the Christian faith to the present culture.