CORCORAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY.
Students are advised not to undertake the work of this School before
their second session in the College.
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.)
Two sections. Professor
Lefevre and Associate Professor
Balz.
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: 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.) 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.) Associate Professor
Balz.
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.
—Professor Lefevre.
Philosophy C2: Psychology: Two of the following courses prerequisite:
Philosophy B1, B2, B3, B4.—First term: Analysis of human nature.
Second and third terms: The chief features of social order and organization,
with critical discussion of current social theories.—Associate Professor
Balz.
Philosophy C3: Recent Philosophical Tendencies: Open to students
who have taken or are taking Philosophy C1.—First term: A discussion of
the chief philosophical problems as an introduction to the work of the
succeeding terms. Second and third terms: Critical study of the works
of a number of philosophers representing current movements.—Hours to
be arranged. Associate Professor Balz.
Only one of the following courses will be given in the session 19201921.
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.
