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SUMMARY:A Common Fear: Current Perspectives on Tyranny from the Left and Right
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URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/a-common-fear-current-perspectives-on-tyranny-from-the-left-and-right-2/
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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SUMMARY:How Totalitarianism Unites: Hannah Arendt and the Politics of the Twentieth Century.
DESCRIPTION:The eighth talk in the series “Gutenberg Dialogues:  An In-depth Look at Tyranny” \nTeacher: Walter Steeb \nWalter Steeb graduated from Gutenberg in 2009 and is now the college’s operations officer. He has an M.A. in Philosophy of Theology from Northwest Christian University where he wrote his thesis on French philosopher Paul Ricoeur. He and his wife\, Elizabeth\, spend time backpacking and traveling\, playing soccer\, and doing their best to keep their heads above the water. \nRegistration is required to attend this class. \nRegister Here for Remote AttendanceMore Information & Cost
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/how-totalitarianism-unites-hannah-arendt-and-the-politics-of-the-twentieth-century/
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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SUMMARY:Understanding Group Think and Selfhood with the Help of Hoffer and Orwell
DESCRIPTION:On May 18\, Colin Stetter will give the thirteenth talk in the series “It’s Complicated: The Histories Behind What We Think We Know?” \nThe past 100 years has seen the rise of a variety of mass movements\, promoting just as varied motives and goals. This class will explore Eric Hoffer’s The True Believer in an effort to understand what mass movements appeal to in the individual\, and what sort of person is especially attracted to mass movements. We will compare Hoffer’s ideas\, a “bottom up” approach\, to Orwell’s “top down” observations regarding the tools modern political structures employ to achieve mass obedience. \nCollin Stetter graduated from Gutenberg College in 2004\, passing his thesis with distinction\, having written on Marx and Solzhenitsyn’s views on the nature of man. He currently works as a manual and cnc machinist for an independent job shop in Eugene. His interests include hiking\, camping\, high-speed tactical larping\, reading the Bible and science fiction. He is a practitioner of Filipino Kali and is working on a theory of everything. So far he has resolved 742 things. He is married with two daughters. \nThis class may be attended in person at Gutenberg College or online via Zoom. There is a small charge for remote attendance. Registration is required to attend via Zoom. \nRegister for ZoomMore Information & Cost
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/understanding-group-think-and-selfhood-with-the-help-of-hoffer-and-orwell-2/
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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SUMMARY:The Legacy of Constantine
DESCRIPTION:On June 1\, Alexander Titus will give the fourteenth talk in the series “It’s Complicated: The Histories Behind What We Think We Know.” \nCelebrated as a hero by some and maligned as a villain by others\, Flavius Valerius Constantinus\, often regarded as the “first Christian emperor\,” represented a major shift in the history of Christianity\, one which has resonated throughout the centuries. For students of this history\, a person like Constantine naturally raises several questions: What was he really like? Was he really a Christian? How was he viewed by those who came after him? What impact did he have on official Church doctrine or on the Church’s relationship to the State? Why does he continue to be so controversial to this day? This class will examine the complex legacy of this pivotal yet polarizing figure. \nAlexander Titus is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton Theological Seminary\, working in the areas of Byzantine and medieval Church history. He is in the final phases of completing his dissertation on Gregory Palamas’ early reception of the Corpus Dionysiacum. Alexander received a B.A. in Classics from the University of Oregon (2011)\, an M.A. in Theology (2015)\, and a Th.M. (2016)\, both from St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. His research and teaching interests are in intellectual and ecclesiastical history\, the theology of prayer and mystical experience\, and the implementation of Christian education within a classical framework. \nThis class may be attended in person at Gutenberg College or online via Zoom. There is a small charge for remote attendance. Registration is required to attend via Zoom. \nRegister for ZoomMore Information & Cost
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/the-legacy-of-constantine/
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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SUMMARY:Understanding Group Think and Selfhood with the Help of Hoffer and Orwell
DESCRIPTION:On May 18\, Colin Stetter will give the thirteenth talk in the series “It’s Complicated: The Histories Behind What We Think We Know.” \nThe past 100 years has seen the rise of a variety of mass movements\, promoting just as varied motives and goals. This class will explore Eric Hoffer’s The True Believer in an effort to understand what mass movements appeal to in the individual and what sort of person is especially attracted to mass movements. We will compare Hoffer’s ideas\, a “bottom up” approach\, to Orwell’s “top down” observations regarding the tools modern political structures employ to achieve mass obedience. \nColin Stetter graduated from Gutenberg College in 2004 after writing a senior thesis (passed with distinction) on Marx’s and Solzhenitsyn’s views on the nature of man. He currently works as a manual and cnc machinist for an independent job shop in Eugene. His interests include hiking\, camping\, high-speed tactical larping\, reading the Bible\, and science fiction. He is a practitioner of Filipino Kali\, and is working on a theory of everything. So far he has resolved 742 things. He is married with two daughters. \nThis class may be attended in person at Gutenberg College or online via Zoom. There is a small charge for remote attendance. Registration is required to attend via Zoom. \nRegister for ZoomMore Information & Cost 
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/understanding-group-think-and-selfhood-with-the-help-of-hoffer-and-orwell/
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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SUMMARY:Solutions and Illusions
DESCRIPTION:On May 4\, Chris Swanson will give the twelfth talk in the series “It’s Complicated: The Histories Behind What We Think We Know.” \nWhen a populous and complex society has problems\, they are always big ones that need big solutions. But who is going to provide these big solutions? Private enterprise? (Should we trust in Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” to guide our resources to address issues in the most efficient way?) Government? (Do we need its authority and power to tackle the problems since private enterprise is too profit-focused?) Independent\, non-profit organizations? (Do we need a humanitarian focus?) The situation is indeed complicated! This class will examine the value and inherent limitations of each option. And while recognizing that our desires and hopes for solutions are good\, Chris will make the case that the hope for a solution is ultimately an illusion but that hope in God will not be disappointed. \nChris Swanson is the president of Gutenberg College where he has been a tutor since the college opened its doors in 1994. He has a B.S. in physics and math from Westmont College (1986) and both an M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1992) in physics from the University of Oregon. He has also done post-doctoral research at the University of Oregon and taught at Westmont College in California. \nThis class may be attended in person at Gutenberg College or online via Zoom. There is a small charge for remote attendance. Registration is required to attend via Zoom. \nRegister for ZoomMore Information & Cost 
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/solutions-and-illusions/
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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SUMMARY:Economic Control and Totalitarianism: A Conversation with Hayek
DESCRIPTION:On May 12\, Chris Swanson will give the ninth talk in the series “The Gutenberg Dialogues: An In-depth Look at Tyranny.” \nDuring the 1930s\, economist Friedrich Hayek recognized an increasing desire among Britons for centralized control of the economy. The undeniable economic growth of Germany and the Soviet Union seemed to prove that the most efficient route to national wealth and power was to centrally coordinate economic activity toward desired ends. Hayek\, however\, was alarmed. In his seminal work\, The Road To Serfdom\, he argued that the only path to such centralization was by trampling over hard won and highly cherished freedoms. \nIn this talk\, Chris Swanson will lay out Hayek’s arguments and provide us a forum to reflect on his concerns and whether they still apply today. \nChris Swanson is the president of Gutenberg College where he has been a tutor since the college opened its doors in 1994. He has a B.S. in physics and math and both an M.S. and Ph.D. in physics. He has also done post-doctoral research at the University of Oregon and taught at Westmont College in California. \n  \nRegistration is required to attend this class. \nRegister Here for Remote Attendance  \nMore Information & Cost
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/economic-control-and-totalitarianism-a-conversation-with-hayek/
LOCATION:Online Zoom\, Oregon (PST)
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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SUMMARY:How Totalitarianism Unites: Hannah Arendt and the Politics of the Twentieth Century
DESCRIPTION:On April 28\, Walter Steeb will give the eighth talk in the series “The Gutenberg Dialogues: An In-depth Look at Tyranny.” \nDoes it matter how we understand totalitarianism? Hannah Arendt describes it in a memorable way as “the belief that everything is permitted and\, much more terrible\, that everything is possible.” Her analysis shows it to be an extreme form of human government\, one that transforms tyranny into something potentially inhuman. Though this sentiment is nothing new\, she questions whether the long dream for global unity might necessitate such an inauthentic way of life. In this session\, we will discuss Arendt’s philosophy\, focusing on her unique approach to political theory. We will address a few distinctions among classical forms of government as expressions of human authenticity and the difficulties that arise  when we consider the tensions present in being a citizen and an individual. \nWalter Steeb graduated from Gutenberg College in 2009. He has an M.A. in philosophy of theology from Northwest Christian University where his thesis was on French philosopher Paul Ricoeur. He and his wife\, Elizabeth\, spend time backpacking\, traveling\, and playing soccer. \n  \nRegistration is required to attend this class. \nRegister Here for Remote Attendance  \nMore Information & Cost
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/7815/
LOCATION:Online Zoom\, Oregon (PST)
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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SUMMARY:Tyranny of the Majority and Other Dangers: deTocqueville and Mill
DESCRIPTION:On April 14\, Naomi Rinehold will give the seventh talk in the series “The Gutenberg Dialogues: An In-depth Look at Tyranny.” \nHalf a century after the publication of the Federalist Papers and the subsequent ratification of the U.S. Constitution\, Alexis de Tocqueville\, a young French aristocrat\, took an academic tour of the new country. In the resulting treatise\, Democracy in America\, he echoes the founders’ concerns about a potential tyranny of the majority. He considers whether such tyranny could be the inevitable outcome in the United States. Twenty years later\, British philosopher John Stuart Mill argued that this preoccupation with tyranny of the majority was distracting people from the real danger—an insidious social tyranny which required no laws or governments to operate. How well did these two predict America’s path? One hundred and sixty years after Mill\, do we face either kind of tyranny\, or perhaps a curious combination of the two? \nNaomi Rinehold is Gutenberg’s student services administrator. She earned a B.A. in History at Campbellsville University in Kentucky and then spent eight years teaching in Argentina—first ESL students at a rural school and then teenagers at Buenos Aires International Christian Academy. After returning stateside\, she earned a B.A. in philosophy at the University of Oregon while living at Gutenberg\, and she then moved to Knoxville where she earned an M.A. and\, in 2019\, a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Tennessee. \n  \nRegistration is required to attend this class. \nRegister Here for Remote Attendance  \nMore Information & Cost
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/tyranny-of-the-majority-and-other-dangers-detocqueville-and-mill/
LOCATION:Online Zoom\, Oregon (PST)
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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SUMMARY:“Oppressors in Their Turn”: The French Revolution and the English Romantics
DESCRIPTION:On March 31\, Chris Alderman will give the sixth talk in the series “The Gutenberg Dialogues: An In-depth Look at Tyranny.” \nChris Alderman is a tutor at Gutenberg College\, where he teaches writing\, Greek\, and German. Chris has self-published two collections of poetry\, Poems in Verse and Ephemerides. \n  \nRegistration is required to attend this class. \nRegister Here for Remote Attendance  \nMore Information & Cost
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/oppressors-in-their-turn-the-french-revolution-and-the-english-romantics/
LOCATION:Online Zoom\, Oregon (PST)
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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SUMMARY:The Ecumenical State: Re-reading Rousseau
DESCRIPTION:On March 10\, Gil Greco will give the fifth talk in the series “The Gutenberg Dialogues: An In-depth Look at Tyranny.” \nJean-Jacques Rousseau is often portrayed as the darling of the French Revolution. Many of Rousseau’s ideas have had problematic implications for our day. Nevertheless\, Gil Greco thinks that the standard interpretation of The Social Contract misrepresents Rousseau’s intentions. Join Gil to discuss Rousseau’s views of identity\, the “general will\,” and the “civil religion\,” perhaps with some helpful insights into our current political situation. \nGil Greco graduated from Gutenberg in 2012 after writing his senior thesis on C. S. Lewis and Joseph Campbell. He taught high school literature in Missouri for four years and now serves as house manager for Gutenberg College’s Residence Program with his wife\, Erin\, with whom he parents their three sons. \n  \nRegistration is required to attend this class. \nRegister Here for Remote Attendance  \nMore Information & Cost
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/the-ecumenical-state-re-reading-rousseau/
LOCATION:Online Zoom\, Oregon (PST)
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210224T183000
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SUMMARY:Tyranny in the Mind of the Founding Fathers of America
DESCRIPTION:On February 24\, Charley Dewberry will give the fourth talk in the series “The Gutenberg Dialogues: An In-depth Look at Tyranny.” \nDuring the revolutionary period of the 1770s\, the focus of the Founding Fathers was on the “tyranny of the monarch.” By the 1780s\, they were still concerned with tyranny but now the focus was on “the tyranny of the majority.” We will examine the concerns found in Federalist Paper #10 and see how the Founding Fathers addressed those concerns through the structure of the proposed U.S. Constitution. \nCharley Dewberry is a tutor and the dean at Gutenberg College\, a practicing scientist and stream ecologist\, and the author of Saving Science: A Critique of Science and Its Role in Salmon Recovery (2004) and Intelligent Discourse: Exposing the Fallacious Standoff Between Evolution and Intelligent Design (2006). He has a M.A. in fisheries and wildlife and a Ph.D. in philosophy with an emphasis on philosophy of science. \n  \nRegistration is required to attend this class. \nRegister Here for Remote Attendance  \nMore Information & Cost
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/tyranny-in-the-mind-of-the-founding-fathers-of-america/
LOCATION:Online Zoom\, Oregon (PST)
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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SUMMARY:Just Powers: Locke on Legitimate Government
DESCRIPTION:On February 10\, Gil Greco will give the third talk in the series “The Gutenberg Dialogues: An In-depth Look at Tyranny.” \nJohn Locke wrote his Two Treatises on Government to defend the Glorious Revolution of 1688. While his first treatise argues against the “Divine Right of Kings\,” his second treatise argues that legitimate government must meet two conditions: first\, it must be created by consent of the governed\, and second\, it must not violate the moral claims human beings have on one another. Join Gil Greco to discuss Locke’s arguments\, Jefferson’s indebtedness to Locke\, and the implications this view of legitimate government might have for us today. \nGil Greco graduated from Gutenberg in 2012 after writing his senior thesis on C. S. Lewis and Joseph Campbell. He taught high school literature in Missouri for four years and now serves as house manager for Gutenberg College’s Residence Program with his wife\, Erin\, with whom he parents their three sons. \n  \nRegistration is required to attend this class. \nRegister Here for Remote Attendance  \nMore Information & Cost
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/just-powers-locke-on-legitimate-government/
LOCATION:Online Zoom\, Oregon (PST)
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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SUMMARY:Tyranny in Greek Thought: Plato and Aristotle
DESCRIPTION:On January 13\, Naomi Rinehold will give the second talk in the series “The Gutenberg Dialogues: An In-depth Look at Tyranny.” \nWestern political thought has roots in ancient Greece\, notably in the ideas of Plato and Aristotle. Both categorize different kinds of government and consider their attributes and failings. Both include tyranny among the types of bad government\, Plato condemning tyrants for the ignorance and lawlessness\, and Aristotle deploring their exclusive concern for their own benefit. Their treatment of tyranny is both a useful baseline for understanding tyrants through the ages and a lens through which to assess current political actors. \nNaomi Rinehold is Gutenberg’s student services administrator. She earned a B.A. in History at Campbellsville University in Kentucky and then spent eight years teaching in Argentina—first ESL students at a rural school and then teenagers at Buenos Aires International Christian Academy. After returning stateside\, she earned a B.A. in philosophy at the University of Oregon while living at Gutenberg\, and she then moved to Knoxville where she earned an M.A. and\, in 2019\, a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Tennessee. \n  \nRegistration is required to attend this class. \nRegister Here for Remote Attendance  \nMore Information & Cost
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/tyranny-in-greek-thought-plato-and-aristotle/
LOCATION:Online Zoom\, Oregon (PST)
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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SUMMARY:A Common Fear: Current Perspectives on Tyranny from the Left and Right
DESCRIPTION:On January 13\, Chris Swanson will give the first talk in the series “The Gutenberg Dialogues: An In-depth Look at Tyranny.” \nTwo notable books about tyranny have been published recently: On Tyranny (2017) by Timothy Snyder and Live Not By Lies (2020) by Rod Dreher. Both books were on the best seller lists\, with On Tyranny hitting the number one spot for weeks. They both compare the US situation to the development of twentieth century European totalitarianism and warn of the dangers. Where they differ is that Snyder fears tyranny from the Right\, and Dreher fears tyranny from the Left. This class will explore these books and give us an opportunity to take a deeper look at what is going on. \nChris Swanson is the president of Gutenberg College where he has been a tutor since the college opened its doors in 1994. He has a B.S. in physics and math and both an M.S. and Ph.D. in physics. He has also done post-doctoral research at the University of Oregon and taught at Westmont College in California. \n  \nRegistration is required to attend this class. \nRegister Here for Remote Attendance  \nMore Information & Cost(This first class in the series is free.)
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/a-common-fear-current-perspectives-on-tyranny-from-the-left-and-right/
LOCATION:Online Zoom\, Oregon (PST)
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200304T190000
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SUMMARY:Community Class: The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up on Free Markets by Thomas Philippon
DESCRIPTION:Why do cell phones cost more in the U.S. than in Europe? In his new book (October 2019)\, Thomas Philippon discusses the economics of free markets. He explains how markets work and\, in the context of the cell phone industry\, discusses a number of factors that influence their freedom. He concludes that free markets are beneficial (when they are free)\, but excessive economic inequalities have arisen that are harmful. In this Community Class\, Chris Swanson will report on Philippon’s conclusions and provide insight into the economics of large businesses (and why your cell phone bill is so large!). \nChris Swanson is the president of Gutenberg College where he has been a tutor since the college opened its doors in 1994. He has a B.S. in physics and math and both an M.S. and Ph.D. in physics. He has also done post-doctoral research at the University of Oregon and taught at Westmont College in California.
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/community-class-the-great-reversal-how-america-gave-up-on-free-markets-by-thomas-philippon/
LOCATION:Gutenberg College\, 1883 University Street\, Eugene\, OR\, 97403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200219T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200219T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T174830
CREATED:20200124T220632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T210300Z
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SUMMARY:Community Class: The Overstory by Richard Powers
DESCRIPTION:Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and a New York Times bestseller ever since\, Richard Powers’s The Overstory is one of those rare novels that achieve both critical and commercial success. In this Community Class\, Chris Alderman will consider the following questions: What kinds of topics tend to capture people’s imaginations these days\, and how are they treated? What makes fiction more appropriate for such treatments than non-fiction? And how does The Overstory want us to think about being people—and not\, for example\, trees? \nChris Alderman is a tutor at Gutenberg College\, where he teaches writing\, Greek\, and German. Chris has self-published two collections of poetry\, Poems in Verse and Ephemerides.
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/community-class-the-overstory-by-richard-powers/
LOCATION:Gutenberg College\, 1883 University Street\, Eugene\, OR\, 97403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200205T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200205T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T174830
CREATED:20200124T220211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T210301Z
UID:6685-1580929200-1580934600@gutenberg.edu
SUMMARY:Community Class: The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery by Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile
DESCRIPTION:The Enneagram has become one of the most popular “personality assessments” ever\, especially in Christian circles. In this Community Class\, Nancy Scott will use this book to discuss what the Enneagram is\, what it is not\, and how we can think critically about our culture’s fascination with it. \nNancy Scott\, is a marriage and family therapist in private practice. She has a B.S. in zoology\, an M.S. in biology\, and an M.A. in marriage and family therapy. Until 2009\, she served for many years on the staff of McKenzie Study Center and then on the faculty of Gutenberg College. In 2016\, Gutenberg College welcomed Nancy back as a volunteer advisor to its Residence Program.
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/community-class-the-road-back-to-you-an-enneagram-journey-to-self-discovery-by-ian-morgan-cron-and-suzanne-stabile/
LOCATION:Gutenberg College\, 1883 University Street\, Eugene\, OR\, 97403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T174830
CREATED:20200124T215328Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T210303Z
UID:6682-1579719600-1579725000@gutenberg.edu
SUMMARY:Community Class: "Was E-mail a Mistake?" by Cal Newport
DESCRIPTION:This critique of email (asynchronous communication) comes not from Luddites but from cutting edge computer scientists and mathematicians. It appears there is a place for synchronous communications. \nCharley Dewberry is a tutor and the dean at Gutenberg College\, a practicing scientist and stream ecologist\, and the author of Saving Science: A Critique of Science and Its Role in Salmon Recovery (2004) and Intelligent Discourse: Exposing the Fallacious Standoff Between Evolution and Intelligent Design (2006). He has a M.A. in fisheries and wildlife and a Ph.D. in philosophy with an emphasis on philosophy of science.
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/community-class-was-e-mail-a-mistake-by-cal-newport/
LOCATION:Gutenberg College\, 1883 University Street\, Eugene\, OR\, 97403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200108T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T174830
CREATED:20200124T214656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T234412Z
UID:6679-1578510000-1578515400@gutenberg.edu
SUMMARY:Community Class: "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos" Jordan B. Peterson
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jordan Peterson\, a clinical psychologist and professor\, has studied the moral problems arising from the uncertainty and chaos generated by totalitarian regimes and weapon technologies that developed in the twentieth century. In 12 Rules for Life\, Peterson puts forward a practical set of guidelines\, along with some nuance and context\, that he hopes will be “an antidote to chaos.” We will look at Peterson’s 12 rules\, the assumptions underlying them\, and investigate whether he has provided sound principles for facing a life that is often chaotic. \nGil Greco graduated from Gutenberg in 2012 after writing his senior thesis on C. S. Lewis and Joseph Campbell. He taught high school literature in Missouri for four years and now serves as house manager for Gutenberg College’s Residence Program with his wife\, Erin\, with whom he parents their two sons.
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/community-class-12-rules-for-life-an-antidote-to-chaos-jordan-b-peterson/
LOCATION:Gutenberg College\, 1883 University Street\, Eugene\, OR\, 97403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191204T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191204T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T174830
CREATED:20191120T082405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T210306Z
UID:6282-1575486000-1575491400@gutenberg.edu
SUMMARY:Eliot Grasso Discusses Book by Steven Pinker
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Eliot Grasso will discuss the book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason\, Science\, Humanism\, and Progress by Steven Pinker. \nPinker\, a cognitive psychologist\, argues that the Enlightenment has succeeded and continues to provide positive value to humanity. Eliot will look at how Pinker uses concepts of reason\, science\, and progress to justify his claim. \nEliot Grasso is the provost and a tutor at Gutenberg College where he teaches art seminars and leads discussions in Western Civilization and the Great Conversation. Eliot holds a B.A. in music from Goucher College\, an M.A. in ethnomusicology from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick\, and a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance.
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/fall-community-class/
LOCATION:Gutenberg College\, 1883 University Street\, Eugene\, OR\, 97403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190605T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T174830
CREATED:20190420T170541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T210314Z
UID:1452-1559761200-1559766600@gutenberg.edu
SUMMARY:Community Class: “Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem and the Existence of God”
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/community-class-godels-incompleteness-theorem-and-the-existence-of-god/
LOCATION:Gutenberg College\, 1883 University Street\, Eugene\, OR\, 97403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190529T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190529T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T174830
CREATED:20190420T170706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T210316Z
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SUMMARY:Community Class: “Friedrich Nietzsche and the Hermeneutics of Suspicion”
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/community-class-friedrich-nietzsche-and-the-hermeneutics-of-suspicion/
LOCATION:Gutenberg College\, 1883 University Street\, Eugene\, OR\, 97403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190522T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190522T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T174830
CREATED:20190420T170819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T210317Z
UID:1457-1558551600-1558557000@gutenberg.edu
SUMMARY:Community Class: “The Great Books: My Travels Toward a Context for Truth in an Age of Skepticism”
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://gutenberg.edu/event/community-class-the-great-books-my-travels-toward-a-context-for-truth-in-an-age-of-skepticism/
LOCATION:Gutenberg College\, 1883 University Street\, Eugene\, OR\, 97403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Class
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