These discussion are open to all members of the UWM community -- students, faculty, staff, friends, and neighbors. One of their purposes is to illustrate the pedagogical method of shared inquiry. There is no lecture. A moderator begins with a broad question about the text. Thereafter the discussion is allowed to grow spontaneously among the participants. The one rule is that comments must be about what the text says. No expertise is required. We ask only that you read the selected text ahead of time. UWM undergraduates are especially welcome.

Copies of texts for upcoming discussions are available at the Great Books Office, Curtin Hall 806.

Discussions last from 7 to 9 PM and are held in the Special Collections Room (4th Floor) of the Golda Meir Library on the UWM campus.

March 13, 2001: Kensaku, "The Red Frog," "The Centipede," "The Black Cat," "The Wasps."

April 10, 2001: The Book of Job

May 15, 200l: Selections from Machiavelli

Special Roundtable

3:30 to 5:30 PM, Friday, April 13, Curtin Hall 866, Willard Quine, "Two Dogmas of Empricism"