OBJ TO UNDERSTAND INTELLECTUAL CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN

OBJ: TO UNDERSTAND INTELLECTUAL CHANGES THAT OCCURRED IN THE LATE 19 TH C.

THE CHAUTAUQUA MOVEMENT • EXPANDED PUBLIC EDUCATION • INDUSTRIALIZATION’S IMPACT ON KNOWLEDGE, CURIOSITY, • EXAMPLE OF DESIRE FOR NEW INFO • 1874 – 2 WEEK SUMMER CLASS • OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE SEEKING INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION

ACCESS TO INFORMATION EXPLODED • PULITZER’S “THE WORLD” • “THE ATLANTIC” • TELEGRAPH & TRANSOCEANIC CABLES • AWARE OF WORLD NEWS • STATE UNIVERSITIES GREW IN # • EXPANDED CURRICULA • JOHNS HOPKINS – INQUIRY & RESEARCH • HIGHER ED FOR WOMEN • ANTI-INTELLECTUAL ‘ELECTIVES’?

DEVELOPMENTS IN LITERATURE • “LOCAL COLORISTS” / REALISTS– UNIVERSAL TRUTHS IN COMMON LIFE – MARK TWAIN • “HUCK FINN” – ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT OF AMERICA, GO WEST • NATURALISM – HUMANS SEEN AS PART OF NATURAL WORLD • JACK LONDON “CALL OF THE WILD” • STEPHEN CRANE “MAGGIE, GIRL OF THE STREETS” • THEODORE DREISER “SISTER CARRIE” • INDIGNATION TOWARDS SOCIAL ILLS • H. GEORGE, T. VEBLEN

REALISM REPLACES ROMANTICISM IN ART • , • WHISTLER • WINSLOW HOMER • “FARMER WITH A PITCHFORK” T. EAKINS – GROSS CLINIC

AN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY EMERGED PRAGMATISM • EVOLUTIONS IMPACT ON VIEWS OF RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY • “EVOLUTION THE MOST IMPRESSIVE DEMONSTARION OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD ON EARTH” – W. GLADDEN • IF ALWAYS EVOLVING THEN SCIENTIFIC LAWS IMPERMANENT • WILLIAM JAMES: HARVARD PROFESSOR, SOCIETY CAN BE IMPROVED – IF UNHAPPY, CHANGE WHAT YOU’RE DOING • BUT…NO CERTAINTY SO …. END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS • MATERIALISM, ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM – WHAT WORKS VS WHAT OUGHT TO BE