{"id":201,"date":"2019-04-23T06:44:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T05:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/?p=201"},"modified":"2019-05-06T22:15:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T21:15:30","slug":"descartes-april-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/?p=201","title":{"rendered":"Descartes April 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was pleased to be invited back to Paris. This visit was dominated by the fire at Notre Dame. This iconic building has great symbolic resonances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030220-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198\" width=\"329\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030220-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030220-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030220-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030220-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 85vw, 329px\" \/><figcaption><em>The view from my window.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030223-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199\" width=\"335\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030223-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030223-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030223-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030223-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 85vw, 335px\" \/><figcaption><em>The fire takes hold.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030248-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-197\" width=\"326\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030248-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030248-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030248-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030248-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 85vw, 326px\" \/><figcaption><em>Crowds come to see for themselves and take a photograph.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030244-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196\" width=\"358\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030244-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030244-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030244-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/P1030244-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 85vw, 358px\" \/><figcaption><em>Surveying the damage to Notre Dame.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The teaching followed the usual format of lectures and seminars. We also authored an audio blog for the University and talked a lot about curriculum changes, moving to an undergraduate problem based learning (P.B.L) model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_2486-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-193\" width=\"380\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_2486-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_2486-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_2486-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_2486-1200x679.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 85vw, 380px\" \/><figcaption><em>Small group working.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG-20190421-WA0002-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG-20190421-WA0002-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG-20190421-WA0002-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG-20190421-WA0002-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG-20190421-WA0002-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG-20190421-WA0002-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Recording an audio blog.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was pleased to be invited back to Paris. This visit was dominated by the fire at Notre Dame. This iconic building has great symbolic resonances. The teaching followed the usual format of lectures and seminars. We also authored an audio blog for the University and talked a lot about curriculum changes, moving to an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/?p=201\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Descartes April 2019&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-descartes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":367,"href":"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drandrewmacaulay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}