The Philosophy of History: What Do We Really Know About Our Past
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Program Details
Course Description
It wasn't a fish that discovered water! If we are the fish and history is the water, what can we really know about our past? What is history, and what do we really know about it? Whose history is it? This interactive seminar examines the methods, sources, depth, layers, and landscape of what we call history. How much of what we "know" about history is accurate and truly reflective? What do we not know about history that could change our own beliefs and opinions if we knew it? What questions should we ask? The thrust of this seminar is less to impart facts - although it will do so than to stimulate independent and inquiring thought about past history and the history developing today. Space is limited.Course Info
- Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
- Date: Wednesday, April 17
- Location: Lifelong Learning classrooms, Continuing Education Building
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Fees:
Member - $40
Non-member - $50
One-time guest pass, Member or Non-member at the door - $50.
About the Instructor
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Bennett Evans Greene, J.D graduated from Middlebury College in 1963 as a psychology major. He graduated from Boston University School of law in 1966 and then served as law clerk to a United States District Judge. He became a prosecuting attorney, entered private practice, and then was appointed a state Assistant Attorney General in 1978. Following three years in that post, he re-entered private practice in 1981, focusing his practice on business, labor and employment, and public utility law, retiring in 2009 Since retirement from the practice of law he served as an arbitrator and mediator.