Panel to Discuss Learning for Wisdom

Several Westmont professors will explore learning for wisdom in a panel discussion Thursday, Oct. 5, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge at Kerrwood Hall. The Provost’s Lecture focuses on “Learning for Wisdom: Christian Education & the Good Life,” a new book by James E. Taylor, Westmont professor of philosophy. The talk is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Taylor at (805) 565- 6157.

“There are three kinds of wisdom: theoretical (wisdom about what is true), practical (wisdom about what is good), and productive (wisdom about what is beautiful and/or useful),” Taylor says. “So learning for wisdom leads to wise reflection, wise action and wise creation. I wrote the book primarily for students at Christian liberal arts colleges to help them better understand, appreciate and experience Christian general (liberal) learning.”