Dr. Richard Gamble, Honors Program advisor and member of the Hillsdale History Dept., discusses Irving Babbitt's understanding and incorporation of Burke in his work. Babbitt was a Harvard professor of French literature and became known as one of most important interpreters of Burke.

Dr. Richard Gamble - Irving Babbitt's Understanding of Edmund Burke

Dr. Nathan Schleuter, professor of philosophy at Hillsdale College, shares the development of his most recent work: "Playing with Fire: The Peril and Promise of the Utopian Imagination." In his lecture he reveals why the imagination is central to human flourishing, why it is necessary for both knowledge and action, and therefore why education of the imagination must constitute the core of a true liberal education.

Dr. Nathan Schleuter - "Playing with Fire: The Peril and Promise of the Utopian Imagination"

Dr. David Murphy of the Hillsdale College Math Dept. leads the Honors Program in a discussion of the "Mathematical Imagination" in comparison to the moral imagination explored in earlier forums.

Hillsdale Honors Program