Alternate Tuesdays • 1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. • Mackey Auditorium
Coordinator: Will Cornell
Speaker: Dr. Clay Costner
Do you believe that “the unexplained life is not worth living?” These programs are designed to help you examine and improve your intellectual competence and experience. These classes will address why intellectual competence is needed.
Anti-Intellectualism and Cognitive Balance/Dissonance
September 15
- The Enlightenment
- The Puritan Tradition
- The Nutty Professor and President to have a beer with
- The Art of Thinking
War and Peace
September 29
- Tolstoy and Einstein
- Macho or Machismo
- Propaganda and Television
- History of Wars (Constantine’s Sword)
Religion
October 13
- Divine Right of Kings—Romans Chapter 13
- Sermon on the Mount
- The Art of Loving
- Heaven and Hell (the Decline of Hell in the 17th Century)
- Bonhoeffer and the Modern Church
Pragmatism and Liberalism
October 27
- John Dewey and William James
- Liberalism, Tolerance and Pragmatism
- The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Capitalism and Other Sins
November 10
- Roots of Democracy
- Popular Sovereignty and Secrecy
Science and Common Sense
December 1
- Cognitive Balance and Dissonance
- Galileo and Scientific Methods
- Social Issues: Racism, Abortion, Drugs, Humanities Education
- Capital Punishment and Immigration