• Telling the Human Story. Learn online through a novel Arts & Humanities program.

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What is First Philosophy?

With the shift of our educational focus away from the arts and humanities, first philosophy seeks to reorient our conversations around topical and contemporary issues back to key fundamentals of the human experience: Reason, and our desire for knowledge.

Each of us harbours a fundamental desire to know. At first philosophy, we build on that desire to examine who we are and the world we inhabit. 

We are inspired by the belief that action that leads to sound, happy, and flourishing human lives and societies is always underpinned by knowledge.By following the conversation at first philosophy, we hope to help you understand what is shaping our world by examining foundational and highly theorised ideas in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

 Our Courses

 

Being Human

This course introduces philosophical inquiry through online lectures and guided critiques of readings, film and art drawn from a variety of genres. The course deals with several key themes: wonder, truth, the human being, knowledge, purpose, desire, freedom, being with others, and science, in turn connecting the past, present and the future. Here we will think about 10 inevitable and unchanging dimensions of human existence.

 

Understand Our World (TBC)

This course will take you through the thinkers and theories that have shaped our world in a multidisciplinary manner, This online learning program covers 18 topics over 20 weeks, from Plato to postmodernism and from Homer to hip hop, and will change the way you understand and view the world and your place in it.

 

Short Courses (TBC)

Our short course are designed to cut through the busyness of your everyday life to provide timeless, topical, and practicable knowledge.

 

 Learning online at First Philosophy will give you:

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    Analytical & Critical Thinking

    Rigorous and critical thinking is prized by any number of employers, but more importantly, deepens one’s insight of the world as it is, as it could be, and as it should be.

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    Cultural & Social Sensitivity

    Seeing things from diverse perspectives builds rapport with people from different cultures and intellectual backgrounds. We can only question or reconcile with the other once we truly understand where they are coming from.

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    Understanding Decision Impacts

    The human world is complex. Examining the various causes and their effects from the past to the present and into the future enriches one’s decision-making capabilities.

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    Lateral Thinking & Creativity

    Cross-disciplinary study in the arts and humanities develops lateral thinking, fostering novel ways to imagine and reimagine the problems of our age, and how to solve them.

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    Ethical & Moral Reasoning

    Come to terms with the major disagreements of humanity, from way back when down to today, by exploring the origins, histories, and trajectories of why we argue over the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Course Packages


Being Human

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Understand Our World (TBC)

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Hear from past students

  • “I have learnt a variety of subjects with Brod over the last few years. He is very passionate about passing on his deep understanding of the material being studied. His teaching style is very clear and systematic, making comprehension easy for me.”

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