Connections 23017 - Forbidden Knowledge

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Wheaton College - Massachusetts

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Description:

Throughout recorded human history, the acquisition of new knowledge through scientific discovery or technological invention has confronted human societies with ethical dilemmas. Students in this class will encounter these quandaries of the human condition by studying religious, literary, philosophical and scientific texts. The texts selected for this course explore the changing attitudes at various moments in history toward the need to forbid or control knowledge. Attitudes toward nature and the acquisition of knowledge in the Middle Ages, the origin of the scientific method in the 16th century as well as current issues in genetics will be explored from the perspectives of various disciplines. Connections: Bio 211 Genetics with Hist 285 History of Science to the Scientific Revolution. and/or Ger 262 The Morality and Fate of Forbidden Knowledge

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wheatoncollege.edu

Phone Number:

(508) 285-7722

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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