Primarily for Graduates.
Philosophy D1.—(Open to students who have taken or are taking
Course C1.) 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, Adjunct Professor
Balz.
Philosophy D2.—(Open to students who have taken or are taking
Course C1.) 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,
Adjunct Professor Balz.
Further advanced work in Philosophy, including the critical study
of recent tendencies, will be arranged in accordance with the needs
of individual students.
[Courses D1 and D2 will be given in alternate years.]
For summer-school courses in Philosophy, on which college
credit will be allowed, see p. 293.
