I. Philosophy
First-year students, entering the college from high or preparatory schools,
are not admitted to the courses in Philosophy or Psychology.
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.)
Professor
Lefevre, Associate Professor
Pott, Mr.
Dent.
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: History of Morals.—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. The
course will terminate with a discussion of certain present-day problems. (B.A.
or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Professor Balz.
Philosophy B4: Philosophy of Government.—The chief aim of the
course is a study of the leading philosophical conceptions of government in
Western civilization. The course will also include the examination of the
chief political ideas of Oriental civilization, with the purpose of placing Western
conceptions in wider perspective. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Associate Professor Pott.
Philosophy B5: (Education B1): History and Philosophy of Education.—A
study of the chief educational ideals of mankind in relation to
their social and historical conditions, and as the expression of corresponding
philosophies of life. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Associate Professor
Pott.
Philosophy C1: History of Philosophy: Prerequisite: any two "B"
courses listed in this school.—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 in which they belong, and to estimate their social and
political significance. Professor Lefevre.
Philosophy C2: Empiricism and Rationalism: Prerequisite: Philosophy
C1.—The development of modern philosophy from Descartes and Locke to Kant.
Professor Balz.
Philosophy C3: Recent Philosophical Tendencies: Prerequisite: Philosophy
C1.—A critical study of selected systems. Professor Balz.
Philosophy C4: Oriental Philosophy: Prerequisite: Philosophy C1.—The
philosophy of India and China. Associate Professor Pott.
One or more of the following courses will be given each session, according
to the needs of graduate students and at the discretion of the professors concerned.
This work will be under the joint direction of the professors of philosophy.
Admission to the classes on approval of the professors in charge.
Hours by appointment.
Philosophy D1: Philosophical Thought from Plato to Augustine.
Philosophy D2: Kant and the Post-Kantian development through Hegel.
Philosophy D3: The Philosophy of Religion.
Philosophy D4: Contemporary Philosophical Discussion.
Note: Every student who desires to become a candidate for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in the Corcoran School of Philosophy must pass a satisfactory
examination on the History of Philosophy. This is a prescribed condition
of qualification for candidacy. The examination may be oral, written, or
both, in the discretion of the professors concerned.
Summer Quarter 1926
Philosophy sC1-I: History of Philosophy. First Term. Associate Professor
Pott and assistants.
Philosophy sC1-II: Evolution of Mediaeval Thought from the Twelfth
to the Sixteenth Centuries. Second Term. Professor Gilson.
Philosophy sC1-III: Evolution of French Thought from the Sixteenth
Century to the Present. Second Term. Professor Gilson.
