CORCORAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY.
Professor Lefevre.
Associate Professor Balz.
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Adjunct Professor Pott.
Students are advised not to undertake the work of this School before their
second session in the College.
For Undergraduates.
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 different theories of knowledge.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Section I, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12.30-1.30; Section II, Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday, 11.30-12.30. Chemical Laboratory. Professor Lefevre.
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.)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10.30-11.30. Chemical Laboratory. Professor
Lefevre.
Philosophy B3: General Psychology.—A general survey of the main
problems, principles and methods of psychology, either as part of a liberal education
or as preparation for professional study in education, medicine, or
law.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday,
12.30-1.30. Chemical Laboratory. Associate Professor Balz.
Philosophy B4: History of Morals: Open to students who have taken or
are taking Philosophy B2.—A descriptive and genetic study of moral ideas and
practices at different stages of society and in different civilizations, with a view
to showing the progressive character of morality and its present social significance.—(B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Not offered for 1918-1919.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Philosophy C1: The History of Philosophy: Two of the following
courses prerequisite: Philosophy B1, B2, B3, B4.—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 to which they belong, and
to estimate their social and political significance.—Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
9.30-10.30. Chemical Laboratory. Professor Lefevre.
Philosophy C2: Psychology: Two of the following courses prerequisite:
Philosophy B1, B2, B3, B4.—A brief survey of the principles of general psychology,
followed by a study of the psychology of group living, with special
reference to instinct and emotion, the sentiments, the psychology of the crowd,
the genesis and growth of social institutions, etc.—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday,
8.30-9.30. Chemical Laboratory. Associate Professor Balz.
Philosophy C3: Recent Philosophical Tendencies: Open to students who
have taken or are taking Philosophy C1.—First term: A discussion of certain
problems of philosophy as an introduction to the work of the succeeding terms.
Second and third terms: The principal movements in philosophy since Hegel,
with special reference to the philosophies of Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche,
Bradley, Royce, Dewey, James, and Bergson.—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday,
9.30-10.30. Chemical Laboratory. Associate Professor Balz.
For Graduates.
Only one of the following courses will be given in the session 1918-1919:
Philosophy D1: Admission on approval of the professors in charge.—
Empiricism and rationalism. The empirical movement as represented by Locke,
Berkeley, and Hume, and the rationalistic movement as represented by Descartes,
Spinoza, and Leibniz, are studied with reference to their distinctive methods.—
Hours by appointment. Professor Lefevre and Associate Professor Balz.
Philosophy D2: Admission on approval of the professors in charge.—The
critical philosophy of Kant. A study of the Critique of Pure Reason, of the
Critique of Practical Reason, and of the Critique of Judgment. Special attention
is given to Kant's relation to previous philosophical systems, to the development
of his own philosophy, and to the interrelation of the three Critiques.—Hours by
appointment. Professor Lefevre and Associate Professor Balz.
Philosophy D3: Admission on approval of the professors in charge.—A
study of Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre; of selections from Schelling's works;
and of Hegel's Logic.—Hours by appointment. Professor Lefevre and Associate
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.
For summer-school courses in philosophy, on which credit will be allowed,
see pages 216-217.
