# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Third Annual Dallas A. Willard Lecture with Dr. Ian Hutchinson
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Hear from Ian Hutchinson, Professor Emeritus of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the world's leading plasma physicists, and a longtime critic of scientism. This free lecture, the third annual Dallas A. Willard Lecture presented by the Lumen Center, calls the university community to a deeper understanding of the relationship between Christianity, science, and our cultural moment.

Dr. Hutchinson will explore how knowledge and love of God make intellectual sense in a scientific and technological age.

For centuries, Christians have attached multiple layers of meaning to the act of knowing, with love as the highest. Yet in today's science-saturated culture, that understanding of knowing has fallen out of favor. As science's grasp of the natural world continues to expand, many have come to assume that the methods of natural science alone yield true and reliable knowledge. This is "scientism." A newer and pressing development raises the stakes: the most powerful AI models are largely built on scientism's premises, and they can seem almost human in how they know and interact. What, then, is a faithful Christian response to the scientism of our age?

The Dallas A. Willard Lecture is generously supported by Fieldstead and Co.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/madison/third-annual-dallas-a-willard-lecture-with-dr-ian-hutchinson/200030424428712
- **Event Categories**: science-fair
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Madison
- **state**: WI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 365 E Campus Mall, Ste 200, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53715
- **lat**: 43.07262
- **long**: -89.39806
- **full address**: 365 E Campus Mall, Ste 200, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53715

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Third Annual Dallas A. Willard Lecture with Dr. Ian Hutchinson being held?
  - **A:** Third Annual Dallas A. Willard Lecture with Dr. Ian Hutchinson takes place on Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Fri, 16 Oct, 2026 at 08:30 pm at 365 E Campus Mall, Ste 200, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53715.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Third Annual Dallas A. Willard Lecture with Dr. Ian Hutchinson?
  - **A:** Third Annual Dallas A. Willard Lecture with Dr. Ian Hutchinson is organized by Upper House.

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