Barbara Forrest Barbara Forrest's combination of southern charm and rapier wit enchants audiences wherever she speaks. A philosopher by training, her broad interests encompass all areas of western civiliation from science, religion and law, to the importance of public education for a healthy democracy, to the cultural legacy of the holocaust. Forrest's new book, Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design (co-written with Paul Gross) was published this year by Oxford University Press. This scathing critique of the neo-creationist attack on science and the public schools is already emerging as the defining study of the new generation of American creationism. Educated in the Louisiana public schools, Dr. Forrest earned a bachelor's degree in English at Southeastern Louisiana University in 1974. After receiving an M.A. at Louisiana State University in 1978, she earned her Ph.D. in at Tulane University before returning to her alma mater to teach at SELU beginning in 1981. Forrest writes: "Aristotle, David Hume, and John Stuart Mill are three of my favorite philosophers. Aristotle was keenly interested in the affairs of the world and how people actually live their lives. He breaks the stereotype of the philosopher 'with his head in the clouds' and gets down to the business of helping us to find intelligent ways to live among our fellow humans. David Hume is the champion of rational inquiry--the use of our powers of intelligence to overcome ignorance and superstition. He considered no area of human life to be beyond the scrutiny of critical intelligence. John Stuart Mill advocated the progressive ideas of free thought and expression and equal rights for all people regardless of gender, class, or race. His 'On Liberty' is the most eloquent defense in the English language of the freedom to think, to express our thoughts, and to live as conscience and personal inclination guide us." |
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Barbara Forrest Barbara Forrest's combination of southern charm and rapier wit enchants audiences wherever she speaks. A philosopher by training, her broad interests encompass all areas of western civiliation from science, religion and law, to the importance of public education for a healthy democracy, to the cultural legacy of the holocaust. Forrest's new book, Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design (co-written with Paul Gross) was published this year by Oxford University Press. This scathing critique of the neo-creationist attack on science and the public schools is already emerging as the defining study of the new generation of American creationism. Educated in the Louisiana public schools, Dr. Forrest earned a bachelor's degree in English at Southeastern Louisiana University in 1974. After receiving an M.A. at Louisiana State University in 1978, she earned her Ph.D. in at Tulane University before returning to her alma mater to teach at SELU beginning in 1981. Forrest writes: "Aristotle, David Hume, and John Stuart Mill are three of my favorite philosophers. Aristotle was keenly interested in the affairs of the world and how people actually live their lives. He breaks the stereotype of the philosopher 'with his head in the clouds' and gets down to the business of helping us to find intelligent ways to live among our fellow humans. David Hume is the champion of rational inquiry--the use of our powers of intelligence to overcome ignorance and superstition. He considered no area of human life to be beyond the scrutiny of critical intelligence. John Stuart Mill advocated the progressive ideas of free thought and expression and equal rights for all people regardless of gender, class, or race. His 'On Liberty' is the most eloquent defense in the English language of the freedom to think, to express our thoughts, and to live as conscience and personal inclination guide us." |
