I. Philosophy
First-year students, entering the college from high or preparatory schools,
are not admitted to the courses in Philosophy or Psychology.
Philosophy B1: Logic.—First term: Deductive Logic. Second term:
Inductive Logic. Special attention is directed to the analysis of logical arguments
and to the detection of fallacies in reasoning. Third term: a critical exposition
of theories of knowledge—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professors
Lefevre and Dent, Mr. Swertfeger.
Philosophy B2: Ethics.—The course deals with the general development
and the different types of theories of morality, and is intended to aid the
student in reaching a constructive result.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor
Lefevre.
Philosophy B3: History of Morals.—A descriptive and genetic study of
moral ideas and practices in the history of society and in different civilizations,
with a view to showing the reality of moral progress and with special reference
to the problems of modern civilization.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Balz, Mr. Armistead.
Philosophy B4: Philosophy of Government.—The study of the leading
philosophical conceptions of government in Western civilization.—(B.A. or
B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Assistant Professor McKeldin.
Philosophy B5: (Education B1): History and Philosophy of Education.
—A study of the chief educational ideals of mankind in relation to their historical
conditions, and as the expression of corresponding philosophies of life.—
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Assistant Professor McKeldin.
Philosophy B6: Social Philosophy.—A study of human nature as expressed
in social life and organization. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Dent.
Philosophy C1: History of Philosophy: Prerequisite: any two "B"
courses listed in this school.—The lectures trace the development of philosophical
thought from the early Greeks to the middle of the nineteenth century. The
endeavor is made to present the various philosophical systems in their relation
to the civilization of the age in which they belong, and to estimate their social
and political significance.—Professor Lefevre, Mr. Swertfeger.
(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. Professors
Balz and 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.
Professors Balz and McKeldin.
Philosophy C4: Recent Ethical Theories.—Assistant Professor Dent.
Philosophy C5: Philosophical Thought and Literary Expression in
Modern Western Culture.—Assistant Professor McKeldin.
(Phil. C4 and Phil. C5, when taken together, constitute one complete
three hour course. They may, however, be taken separately.)
(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.
