Exploring shadows, art with DePaul University Humanities Center
(WorldNews Entertainment)

CHICAGO - Acting, art and an investigation into shadows are among discussion topics for the DePaul University Humanities Center`s Winter 2018 programs as it continues to dissect the question of what is `real.` `Philosophy began with a concern about what is fake and what is real,` said H. Peter Steeves, the center`s director and a philosophy professor. `Socrates told us that we are all residing in a cave looking at shadows of real things, but taking those shadows for reality.` Greek philosopher Plato figures prominently in two of the four winter programs with lectures based on concepts from his `Allegory of the Cave` in `The Republic.` Other programs include a conversation with Academy Award...