{"id":14973,"date":"2018-09-12T17:06:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T17:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/12\/higgins-school-of-humanities-fall-symposium-asks-how-do-we-know\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T09:52:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T13:52:55","slug":"higgins-school-of-humanities-fall-symposium-asks-how-do-we-know","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/12\/higgins-school-of-humanities-fall-symposium-asks-how-do-we-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Higgins School of Humanities\u2019 fall symposium asks, \u2018How do we know?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n

Events and lectures examine how we discover, interpret evidence<\/p>\n

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This fall, Clark’s Higgins School of Humanities<\/a> presents “How Do We Know?,” a symposium exploring what it means to discover and interpret, listen and rebut, learn and reconsider and better understand evidence in all its forms.<\/p>\n

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“Unsettled Nostalgia,” an exhibit of works by Mohamad Hafez, opens with an artist talk at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 in Dana Commons’ Higgins Lounge. Hafez’s art depicts the war-torn landscapes of contemporary Syria.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“While it is proverbial to say that facts don’t lie, the interpretation of evidence can be messy and even contradictory,” says Meredith Neuman<\/a>, director of the Higgins School. “Differences in perception and experience, knowledge and instinct are inherently human and feel even more perplexing in the face of information overload.”<\/p>\n

Symposium events will examine how we navigate unfamiliar and uncomfortable topics, and how we balance information from experts with criticism of knowledge that favors existing power structures, she says.<\/p>\n

The symposium kicks off at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 12, with a community conversation facilitated by Wes DeMarco<\/a>, professor of philosophy, about knowledge and the pursuit of questions — specifically who, what, when, where, why, and how? From childhood, these questions construct the foundation of knowledge gathering and problem-solving; seemingly basic, but often overlooked, they are essential to progressing from inquiry to answer, from simple thought to complex networks of understanding.<\/p>\n

Other lectures and events this fall include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n