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CORCORAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY.

Professor Lefevre.

Adjunct Professor Balz.

Mr. Hurt.

Mr. McCue.

Mr. FitzHugh.

For Undergraduates and Graduates.

Philosophy C1: The History of Philosophy: Philosophy B1, or B2,
or B3, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—This course is intended primarily
for those who wish to know something of the history of thought and the
influence which philosophical ideas have exerted in the development of
civilization. The lectures will give a general account of philosophical
speculation from its beginnings among the Greeks to the present time.
The endeavor will be made to present the various philosophical systems
in their relation to the science and general civilization of the ages to
which they belong, and to estimate their social and political significance.
A large part of the year will be devoted to the theories and problems of
modern times. Reading of texts and commentaries, lectures, discussions,
and essays. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10-11. Rotunda, N. E. Professor
Lefevre.

Philosophy C2: Social Psychology: Philosophy B1, or B2, or B3,
or the equivalent, prerequisite.—In this course, general psychological principles
will be applied to the study of the social relations of the self, and
the influences which determine feeling and action in the individual as a
member of the group, e. g., the sentiments of religious, political, and social
crowds. The attempt is made to approach social facts from the mental
side. The study of social consciousness, as involved in the genesis and
growth of social institutions, the psychology of education, the psychology
of religion, and the evolution of social consciousness, will engage the attention
in this course. Reading of texts, lectures, discussions, and reports.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 9-10. Rotunda, S. E. Adjunct Professor
Balz.

For Graduates.

Only one of the following courses will be given in any one session.

Philosophy D1.—(Open to students who have taken or are taking Philosophy
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
Philosophy 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.