Primarily for Graduates.
Course 6D.—(Open to students who have taken or are taking
Course 4C.) Empiricism and Rationalism. The empirical movement
as represented by Locke, Hume, and Mill, and the rationalistic movement
as represented especially by Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz,
will be studied with reference to their distinctive methods. Reading
of texts and commentaries, lectures, discussions, and essays. Professor
Lefevre.
Course 7D.—(Open to students who have taken or are taking
Course 4C.) The Critical Philosophy of Kant. The greater part of
the year will be devoted to the careful study of the Critique of Pure
Reason and the Critique of Practical Reason. Collateral reading of
standard commentaries and of selected recent literature on the subject
will be required. Special attention will be given to Kant's relation
to previous philosophical systems, to the development of his own
philosophy, and to the interrelation of his three Critiques. Reading
of texts, lectures, discussions, and reports. Professor
Lefevre.
Further advanced work in Philosophy will be arranged in accordance
with the needs of individual students.
[Courses 6D and 7D will be given in alternate years.]
