Date:
Friday, February 9, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location:
WJH 1550
On Historical Progress
Is historical progress a coherent concept? Is it Panglossian, whiggish, utopian? If not, has it occurred? If so, what drove it? I’ll argue Yes, No, and Yes, and that historical progress has been driven by the Enlightenment ideals of reason, science, and humanism.