Spring 2008
The Center of Inquiry is hosting a "Brown Bag Lunch Series" to encourage ongoing campus discussion about the liberal arts. We invite all Wabash faculty and staff to these weekly lunch conversations.
Mark Brouwer, Lilly Teaching Fellow and visiting instructor of philosophy, is coordinating and facilitating the discussions. Topics are generally concerned with the liberal arts, and teaching and learning at Wabash College. The general model of the conversations is shared inquiry into what we do and why we do it, centered around a specific topic or reading.
We meet every Wednesday during the semester, from 12:15 to 1:00 p.m. Please bring your lunch, ideas, and spirit of collegial exchange to Trippet Hall, Isaac C. Elston, Jr. Board Room (room 325). This spring, we are reading Education's End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Give Up on the Meaning of Life, by Anthony T. Kronman. For more information about the book, click here.
If you can attend all or some of these discussions, contact Mark Brouwer for a free copy of Education's End.
Schedule of Readings
| January 9 | Introduction | pp 1–8 |
| January 16 | Chapter One: What is Living For? | pp 9–35 |
| January 23 | Chapter Two Secular Humanism [first half] | pp 37–65 |
| January 30 | Chapter Two Secular Humanism [second half] | pp 65–90 |
| February 6 | Chapter Three: The Research Ideal [first half] | pp 91–114 |
| *February 13 | The Way I See It ... (A teaching and learning forum) | Center Hall 216 at 12:15 |
| February 20 | Chapter Three: The Research Ideal [second half] | pp 114–136 |
| February 27 | Chapter Four: Political Correctness [first third] | pp 137–159 |
| *March 12 | The Way I See It ... (A teaching and learning forum) | Center Hall 216 at 12:15 |
| March 19 | Chapter Four: Political Correctness [second third] | pp 159–180 |
| March 26 | Chapter Four: Political Correctness [third third] | pp 180–203 |
| April 2 | Chapter Five: Spirit in an Age of Science [first half] | pp 205–234 |
| April 9 | The Way I See It ... (A teaching and learning forum) | Center Hall 216 at 12:15 |
| April 16 | Chapter Five: Spirit in an Age of Science [second half] | pp 234–259 |
| April 23 | Recap |
Contact
Mark Brouwer with any questions, comments, or suggestions.