2 hrs., throughout the year. Tu Th, 9, with additional Conferences, for the readings, in sections. First half-year, Theoretical Ethics: Purpose, Evil, Freedom, Immortality, God; second half-year, Practical Ethics: the Individual, the Family, the Civil Society, the State. The Conference Sections will be in charge of Associate Professor OVERSTREET. 4B. The Foundations of Civil Polity. (Mj.) Professor HowISON. An examination of the nature and the proper functions of the State. The relation of the State to a Nation, and of the Nation to the members of its population; the mutual limits of liberty and allegiance; the chief historic theories of the State; whether the State is an End, or is only a means. Sovereignty, its nature and its seat; the historic forms of the State, simple or complex, non-constitutional and constitutional; constitutions as organizations of the essential governmental functions; the electorate, and the basis of suffrage. Lectures, with assigned readings in the main texts of political theory, and essays expository and critical by students. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: Course 4. 5. The Philosophy of Kant. (Mj.) Professor HOWISON. The cardinal distinctions and doctrines of the system expounded and criticized. 2 hrs., throughout the year. M F, 10. Prerequisite: Courses 1, 3, and 4; and the course should, if possible, be supplemented by Course 23. (Course 16 should also accompany this course, if not previously taken.) 6. Introduction to Psychological Experiment. (Mj.) Dr. BROWN and Demonstration of characteristic groups of experiments, with individual practice in the use of psychological apparatus. 4 hrs., 2 units, throughout the year. Tu Th, 1 to 3. Prerequi site: Course 2. 10. Theory of Scientific Method. (Mj.) Associate Professor RIEBER. Based on a study of the standard writings on Induction, with the aim of attaining an exact knowledge of the methods of observational and experimental science, and a philosophic criticism of them. 3 hrs., first half-year. M W F, 8. Prerequisite: Course 1. (Courses 3 and 6 should, when practicable, precede or accompany this course.) 16. Plato and Aristotle. (Mj.) Associate Professor OVERSTREET. Introduction to their systems by a comparative study. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Tu Th, 9. Prerequisite: Courses 1, 3, and 4. A good reading knowledge of Greek, and familiarity with Latin, and with German or French, is desirable, though not for the present required. (This course may be counted toward the Major in Greek, by students who actually read the Plato and the Aristotle in the original.) 17. Middle Age Philosophy, in connection with Alexandrian. (Mj.) Associate Professor OVERSTREET. A critical study of Alexandrianism, especially as represented by Philo and by Plotinus; followed by a study of Scholasticism, particularly the systems of Aquinas and Scotus. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 9. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 3. Courses 5 and 16 as accompaniment, if not previously taken. 21. English Philosophy from Hobbes to Spencer. (Mj.) Associate Professor OVERSTREET. A critical study of the development of empiricism. 2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 10. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 3. 23. German Idealism after Kant: The Philosophy of Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel. (Mj.) Associate Professor OVERSTREET. A study of the development of the Kantian philosophy in Germany, with especial reference to the system of Hegel. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 8. Prerequisite: Courses 1 and 3, and the first half-year's work in Course 5, if this has not been completed previously. (A reading knowledge of German is of the highest importance for this course.) *24. History of Psychology. Professor STRATTON. Critical account of psychological theory and method, from Aristotle to the present time. 3 hrs., either half-year. Though not a prerequisite, Course 2 would be advisable as preparation of accompaniment. †26. Advanced Ethics. (Mj.) Professor HOWISON. Detailed critical discussion of the main problems of ethics, with critical essays by the class upon the ethical systems of leading philosophers and the chief ethical problems. 3 hrs., throughout the year. Prerequisite: Courses 3 and 4. *Not to be given, 1908-09. May be expected, 1909-10. Not to be given, 1908-09. 27. The Psychology of Aesthetics. (Mj.) A lecture course attempting the systematic investigation of the subject. 2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 11. Prerequisite: Course 2. (Course 3 also, if practicable, would well precede or accompany this course.) 29. Comparative Religions. Mr. ADAMS. A general introduction to the Philosophy of Religion, through a critical survey of the emergence and development of religious ideas, rites, and institutions, as found in the greater historic religions, especially those of Egypt and the East. Lectures, and assigned readings in the sacred books of the East. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Hours to be arranged. 30. The Algebra of Logic. (Mj.) Associate Professor RIEBER. A critical investigation of the scope and value of the equational theory of judgment, based on a study of leading writers on Symbolic Logic. 3 hrs., second half-year. M W F, 8. Prerequisite: Course 1. GRADUATE COURSES. To most of these, though they are intended primarily for graduates, thoroughly qualified undergraduates, but only such, will be admitted. The qualifications for each course are indicated in its prerequisite. Undergraduates must obtain permission individually, beforehand. 11. Theory of Knowledge: Logic as the Method of Truth. Associate Professor RIEBER. Based on a study of the logical doctrines of Plato and Aristotle, Spinoza and Leibnitz, Fichte and Hegel, Lotze, Bradley, and Bosanquet; development and criticism of the leading theories of knowledge, aiming at a constructive result. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Tu Th, 8. Prerequisite: Courses 5 and 23, or their equivalents, either previously completed or as accompaniment. 13. Psychological Seminary. Professor STRATTON. Careful studies of selected topics in psychology, in their his torical setting, and as treated by writers of the present day. 2 hrs., consecutive, second half-year. Time to be arranged. Prerequisite: Courses 6 and 24, or their equivalents. (In lieu of Course 24, Course 3 will be accepted for the present year.) 15. Psychological Research. Professor STRATTON. The working out, by the methods of the laboratory, of special psychological problems, assigned individually for original investigation. Not less than 9 hrs., throughout the year, 3 units each half-year; but at least 15 hrs., 5 units each half-year, recommended. Units and hours arranged with each student, at times within M Tu W Th F, 10-12 and 1-4. Prerequisite: Course 6, or its equivalent; permission to elect the course, obtained from the professor in charge. 20. Philosophical Seminary. Professor HOWISON. Topics changed from year to year. Subject for 1908-09: Investigation of the fundamental problems of Metaphysics, with especial reference to certain solutions now current, particularly the director's own. 2 hrs., consecutive, throughout the year. W, 10 to 12. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, a good reading knowledge of the languages necessary for a first-hand study of texts, and thorough acquaintance with the subjects of Courses 1, 3, 4, and 10; permission to join the seminary, obtained from the director after conference. *33. The Principles of Metaphysics. Associate Professor OVERSTREET. A course in constructive philosophical research. 2 hrs., throughout the year. Prerequisite: Graduate standing, and Courses 5, 10, 16, and 23, or their equivalents. In addition to the foregoing regular courses, special lines of study will be arranged for qualified graduates who are candidates for higher degrees, or who wish to carry on advanced work. *Not to be given, 1908-09. May be expected 1909-10. EDUCATION. ALEXIS F. LANGE, Ph.D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Education. ELMER E. BROWN, Ph.D., Honorary Professor of Education. FLETCHER B. DRESSLAR, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Science and Art of Teaching. W. SCOTT THOMAS, A.B., Assistant Professor of Education and Examiner of Schools. *FREDERIC ERNEST FARRINGTON, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Edu cation. CHARLES EDWARD RUGH, M.L., Assistant Professor of Education. Undergraduate and graduate courses are offered in the history and the theory of education, which may serve non-professional as well as professional purposes. It is believed that such courses provide instruction which is desirable for the ends of individual culture and training and as preparation for that intelligent participation in public and private education which good citizenship demands of educated men and women. Seminar courses are intended to serve the purpose of graduate students who wish to engage in research in the field of education, and particularly those who are candidates for higher degrees. The courses prerequisite to a Major Subject in the Department of Education are Philosophy 2, Philosophy 4, and either Philosophy 1 or Philosophy 24. The work of students taking their Major in Education should be elected only after consultation with the head of the department. Special provision is made for the professional training of teachers, of three classes: A. Those preparing to become teachers in high schools and other schools of secondary grade. Absent on leave, 1908-09. † Absent visiting schools, second half-year, 1908-09. |