For Undergraduates
First-year students, entering the college from high or preparatory schools,
are not admitted to the courses in Philosophy or Psychology.
Philosophy B1: History of Philosophy: The history of philosophy
from the Greek philosophers to the beginning of the nineteenth century.
(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Balz, Dr. Hammond and Dr. Leckie.
Philosophy B2: Ethics: The historical development of the chief types
of ethical theory. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Dent and Dr. Hammond.
Philosophy B3: History of Morals: A descriptive and historical study
of moral ideas and practices. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Balz.
Philosophy B4: Political Philosophy: An historical study of political
and social thought from Plato to the present. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Dent and Dr. Leckie.
Philosophy B5: Logic: First term: Scientific Methodology. Second
and third terms: Logic as a deductive science, including a study of some
recent developments in the logic of classes, relations, and systems, and their
application to the problems of science and philosophy. (B.A. or B.S. credit,
3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Davenport and Dr. Leckie.
Note: The prerequisite for Philosophy B8, B9, B10 and B11 will be Philosophy
B1 or any two other B courses from B2, B3, B4 and B5.
Philosophy B8: Plato: Reading, interpretation, and discussion of the
works of Plato. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Buchanan.
Philosophy B9: Spinoza: Reading, interpretation, and discussion of
the works of Spinoza. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Professor Buchanan.
(Philosophy B8 and B9 will be given in alternate years: B9 in 1934-35, B8
in 1935-36.)
Philosophy B10: Aristotle: Reading, interpretation, and discussion of
the works of Aristotle. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Davenport.
Philosophy B11: Kant: Reading, interpretation, and discussion of the
Critique of Pure Reason, the Critique of Practical Reason, and the Critique
of Judgment. (B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.)
Assistant Professor Davenport.
(Philosophy B10 and B11 will be given in alternate years: B10 in 1934-35
and B11 in 1935-36.)
