CORCORAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY.
Professor Lefevre.
Mr. Diggs.
Mr. Pott.
Mr. Slaven.
Mr. Hurt.
Required for Admission to the Work of the School.—The general
entrance requirements. Students are advised not to undertake
the work of this School before their second session in the College.
For Undergraduates.
Philosophy B1: Deductive and Inductive Logic; Theory of
Knowledge.—During the first and second terms, the class will be engaged
with a study of the science of logic. The lectures will deal in
an introductory manner with the general character of the thinking
process, its laws of development, and the methods by which thought
actually proceeds to solve the problems presented to it. Special
attention will be directed to the analysis of logical arguments and
to the detection of fallacies in reasoning. The third term will be
devoted to a study and critical exposition of different Theories of
Knowledge. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, 1-2. Rotunda, S. E. Professor Lefevre.
Text-Books.—Creighton's Introductory Logic: other books to be announced.
Philosophy B2: Ethics.—The aim of this course is (1) to trace
in broad outline the history of actual moral practices and ideals among
mankind in primitive, ancient, and modern times; and (2) to bring
out the distinctive features of moral action and to secure an insight
into the leading principles underlying it. Some of the more
important systems of ethics will be studied for the purpose of gaining
an appreciation of the general development and different types
of theories of morality. The entire course will be directed with a
view to aiding the student in reaching a constructive result. (B. A.
or B. S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
11-12. Rotunda, S. E. Professor Lefevre.
Text-Books.—To be announced.
Philosophy B3: General Psychology.—This course is intended to
give a general survey of the main problems, principles and methods
of Psychology either as a part of a liberal education or as preparation
for professional study in Education, Medicine, or Law. The
following topics will be treated: Structure and function of the
Nervous System, Sensation, Perception, Attention, Mental Imagery,
Memory, Volition, Reasoning, Association of Ideas, Movement and
Action, Emotions, etc. These topics will be treated from the physiological,
experimental, dynamic, and descriptive points of view.
Reading of texts, lectures, discussions, and reports. (B. A. or B.
S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 1-2. Rotunda,
S. E. Mr.
Diggs.
Text-Books.—To be announced.
For Graduates and Undergraduates.
Philosophy C1: The History of Philosophy: Course B1, or B2,
or B3 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, S. E. Professor Lefevre.
Philosophy C2: Social Psychology.—(Open to students who
have taken Courses B1, or B2, or B3, or their equivalents.) 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. Hours to be arranged. Rotunda, S.
E. Mr. Diggs.
Text-Books.—To be announced.
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.
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.
Further advanced work in Philosophy 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. 278.
