Logos Forum asked 400+ CBR university students what their most important question about life would be, and this is what you told us.

“Is there purpose to my life?”

This question is the theme for the Canberra Logos Symposium for 2023 on October 23 with expert speakers, open Q&A time and free dinner.

Join us at 7:00pm in the ANU Superfloor Marie Ray Building Level 6 to explore life’s biggest questions, with today’s greatest thinkers.

Guest speakers

Garrett Cullity is Professor of Philosophy in the RSSS, ANU. He taught previously at the universities of Oxford, St Andrews and Adelaide. A moral philosopher whose work ranges across the theoretical and applied parts of the discipline, he has written on topics including the nature of moral judgement, the sources of moral knowledge, the relationship between reasons for action and rationality, the content of the moral virtues, the moral emotions, human rights, fairness and collective action, and the ethical issues surrounding international aid, climate change, and our activities as consumers.

After studying as an undergraduate at UWA and completing his postgraduate training (B.Phil. and D.Phil.) at Oxford, Garrett Cullity joined the Department of Moral Philosophy in 1991. He returned to Australia to a Lectureship in Philosophy at the University of Adelaide in 2001, and was Hughes Professor of Philosophy there from 2007 until his appointment at ANU in 2020.

Dan Paterson is the founder of Questioning Christianity, a ministry with the goal of connecting the Christian story to life’s deepest questions. He has experience as a pastor, lecturer, and public speaker, having studied Theology and Apologetics in Australia and at Oxford. Dan currently lives in Brisbane with his wife, Erin, and their favourite job is raising three wonderful boys.

“A pastor and a philosopher walked into a bar…”

We all have big questions in life...

• Is there purpose in all of this?

• How do I understand suffering?

• What does it mean to be truly happy?

With so many opinions (and YouTube videos), it can be hard to find answers.

Come and join us for a casual night on the ground floor of the Marie Reay Teaching Centre and have your questions answered.