York College Honors Program
The York College Honors Program seeks to provide academic, cultural and social opportunities to enhance the intellectual development of serious, highly able and motivated students.
March 14, 2008
On February 28th 2008, several members of the York College Honors Program had the pleasure of experiencing Broadway at its finest by seeing The Farnsworth Invention. Read the students' observations.
March 12, 2008
Time of Fall, 2008 Honors Seminar Announced
The Fall, 2008 Honors Seminar, Reality 101, will meet Wednesdays from 3:20-5:50 (HK2). This will appear on the schedules as HUM 320 HK2.
Reality 101: On deception, self-deception, and contestation of what is real
V. Moldovan, Department of Social Sciences
M. Flynn, Department of Behavioral Sciences
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away (Phillip K. Dick).
Attack, attack, attack, attack the fake in the name of the real (Walker Percy)
Rationale: crucial skills of independent judgment, critical thinking, and self-analysis depend on being skeptical about veracity of the everyday mediated experience. Liberal arts education should foster the development of young women’s and men’s capacity for critical self-examination. This includes the examination of one’s cultural and societal traditions and practices.
This course is not about the nature of truth. Rather, it is about deception as the process of moving away from what is real. The course is offering various perspectives on the nature, origins, and consequences of deception. Instructional material includes religious, philosophical, literary, and popular sources.
