For Graduate Students
(Philosophy C1, the History of Philosophy, is prerequisite for all other C
courses in Philosophy.)
Philosophy C2: Empiricism and Rationalism: A study of Locke, Berkeley,
Hume, Descartes, Malebranche, Spinoza, and Leibnitz.
Professor Balz and Assistant Professor Dent.
Philosophy C3: Recent Philosophical Tendencies: Idealism, with especial
reference to Bradley and Royce; Vitalism, Naturalism, and Realism, with especial
reference to Bergson, Santayana, Whitehead, and Alexander.
Professor Balz and Assistant Professor Dent.
Philosophy C4: Recent Ethical Theories:
Assistant Professor Dent.
(One or more of the following courses will be offered each session, according
to the needs of graduate students and in the discretion of the professors
concerned. This work will be under the joint direction of the professors of
philosophy. Admission to the classes on approval. Hours by appointment.)
Philosophy D1: Plato and Aristotle:
Philosophy D2: Kant and the post-Kantian Development: With especial
reference to Fichte, Schelling and Hegel.
Philosophy D3: Metaphysical Analysis:
Philosophy D4: Seminar in Contemporary Philosophical Discussion:
Note: Every student who desires to become a candidate for the degree
of Doctor of Philosophy in the Corcoran School of Philosophy must pass a
satisfactory examination on the History of Philosophy. This is a prescribed
condition of qualification for candidacy. The examination may be oral, written,
or both, in the discretion of the professors concerned.
