March 26, 2008 | 3:30-4:45 | Commons Lecture Hall
Unlike colleagues in the secular academy, we do believe in "truth" as a vital element of knowledge. But how–and when–do we teach truth? Some avoid that question, protesting that it is hard to define "truth." And others among us simply revel in skewering our students' flawed assumptions and received knowledge. "But, at some point when teaching confrontationally, how do we pass along something firm for our students to hold on to?"