The event I decided to live blog is a campus talk about philosophy and the beliefs of Catholics, presented by Professor Patrick Gardner of the Philosophy department.
12:20pm: Everyone is gathering in the lecture hall and the staff is handing out free pizza
12:26pm: The staff and faculty are introducing themselves and the presentation has begun.
12:29pm: The professor leading the presentation, Dr. Patrick Gardner, asks the audience what faith means to us.
12:33pm: Professor Gardner discusses what makes things reasonable. Goal of your intellect = truth, and truth = alignment with reality.
12:37pm: Professor Gardner explains that a virtue is the same thing as a good habit.
12:45pm: Professor Gardner tells us that math proves that things can exist that are not physical.
12:50pm: Professor Gardner tells us that testimony is when we trust someone else for their word, instead of finding out information ourselves.
12:57pm: Professor Gardner explains that sometimes out thoughts are “unreasonable” and that we have to sometimes trust other people.
1:02pm: Professor Gardner explains that epistemic authority plus veracity equals trustworthiness.
1:08pm: Professor Gardner explains that faith is always about “things unseen”, which means you have to have faith in the things that aren’t always known to you.
1:15pm: Professor Gardner ends his presentation by asking the audience if they have any questions.
1:20pm: The audience applauds professor Gardner and everyone is starting to leave the lecture hall.
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