CORCORAN SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY.
Professor Lefevre.
Adjunct Professor Balz.
Mr. McCue.
Mr. Fitz-Hugh.
Mr. Harper.
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. Text-book: Creighton's Introductory Logic;
other books to be announced. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session hours.) Two
Sections: I. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 1-2. II. Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday, 12-1. Peabody Hall, Room 3. Professor Lefevre, Adjunct Professor
Balz.
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. Peabody Hall, Room 3. 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. Reading of texts, lectures, discussions, and reports. (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 1-2. Peabody
Hall, Room 3. Adjunct Professor Balz.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Philosophy C1: The History of Philosophy: Philosophy B1, or B2,
or B3, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—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. Peabody Hall, Room 3. Professor Lefevre.
Philosophy C2: Social Psychology: Philosophy B1, or B2, or B3, or the
equivalent, prerequisite.—A consideration of certain major topics of general
psychology, followed by the psychology of group living, with especial reference
to instinct and emotion, the sentiments, the psychology of the
crowd, etc., including a brief survey of the genesis and growth of social
institutions. Reading of texts, lectures, discussions, and reports. Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday, 9-10. Peabody Hall, Basement Room 1. 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 Leibnitz, 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.
For summer-school courses in Philosophy, on which college credit will
be allowed, see p. 256.
