PHIL 100J Introduction to Philosophy
A study of St. Thomas and his writings; fundamental Thomistic principles. ours.
Philosophy (PHIL)
31 courses in the 1963–64 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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Faculty listed in 1963–64
R. J. C. Burgener, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto) Associate Professor and Acting Chairman of the Department C. A. Hergott, C.R., M.A, (St. Louis), S.T.D. (Gregorian) - - Professor F Z. Adamczewski, B.A. (London), A.M. (Columbia), Ph.D. (Harvard) Associate Professor L, Armour, B.A, (British Columbia), Ph.D, (London) Assistant Professor P. Seligman, B.A., Ph.D. (London) - - - - - Assistant Professor
P. B. Sheridan, C.R., M.A. (Western), J.C.D. (Gregorian), Ph.D. (Fribourg) Assistant Professor F
C. C. Brodeur, M.A. (Fordham), M.A. (Toronto) - - = - Leeturer J. R. Horne, M.A. (Western), B.Th. (Huron) - - - - Lecturer R
ose intending to proceed further and for those desiring a single terminal course. The dent will attempt to come to grips with some of the fundamental problems of human life, for example, those associated with the nature of matter, mind, reality, knowledge, religion, virtue and beauty. Philosophies both ancient and modern will be discussed and some time devoted to the consideration of the fomal structure of inference (logic) asit occurs in science and other instances of reasoning, argument, proof, and persuasion. 3 hours.
Pres Introduction to Philosophy. The normal first course in philosophy both for
PHIL 140J Logic and Epistemology
Nature and division of philosophy; nature of logic, the term; the proposition; argumentation; induction and deduction; scientific demonstration. Truth; certitide; evidence; sense and intellectual knowledge; criterion of truth; contemporary theories.
3 hours.
PHIL 200A History of Philosophy I
A preliminary examination of the philosophy of Plato. Mention will be made of the historical Socrates and some of the Presocratics, Prerequisite: Philosophy 100.
3 hours, half course.
PHIL 200B History of Philosophy III, A preliminary account of early modern philosophies, with emphasis on the views of Descartes, Locke, Malebranche, Leibnitz, Spinoza, Berkeley, Hume
Prerequisite: Philosophy 100.
3 hours, half course.
PHIL 200J Cosmology and Philosophy of Science
Corporal bodies and change; quantitative and qualitative characteristics; motion; time, space; hylomorphic theory. Nature of science; abstraction; necessity; foundation and object of science; scientific method; hypothesis and theory.
ours.
PHIL 210A History of Philosophyjli
A preliminary examination of the philosophy of Aristotle, particularly with reference to his Metaphysics, Physics and Psychology, a preliminary examination of Mediaeval philosophy.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 100, 3 hours, half course.
PHIL 210B Moral Philosophy
The various alternative ways of dealing theoretically with questions about human moral value. Some of the views of the following positions will be discussed: the Epicureans, the Stoics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Christianity, Spinoza, the Utilitarians, Nietzsche, Schopenhaur, Shaftesbury. Emphasis will be placed on relating these various views to the ethical pronouncements of the modern social sciences particularly cultural anthropology, behaviourism and Freud. Prerequisite: Philosophy 100.
3 hours, half course.
PHIL 220 Logic, Introductory and Intermediate
Various systems of deductive logic. Inductive logic and scientific method. As compared to the elementary logic, contained in Philosophy 100 the treatment here will be more extensive and lay greater emphasis on the attaining of technical facility. This course may be taken without Philosophy 100 as a prerequisite but may be taken subsequent to Philosophy 100 without fear of redundancy.
3 hours.
PHIL 240J Ethics
End of Man; the human act; law, conscience; morality; rights and duties; duties of man as an individual and as a member of society. ours.
PHIL 250 Tutorial for Honours
1 hour.
PHIL 300A History of Philosophy IV
The Philosophy of Kant. Emphasis will be placed on the Prolegomena, some sections of the Critique of Pure Reason.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 200.
3 hours, half course.
PHIL 300B History of Philosophy V
From Hegel to the Present. The course will include a survey of 19th and 20th century idealism, pragmatism, and modern empiricist, analyst, linguistic and positivist schools including such philosophers as Bertrand Russell, A. J. Ayer, H. H. Brice, and Wittgenstein.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 300a.
3 hours, half course. |
PHIL 300J Metaphysics and Natural Theology
The notion and analogy of being; the primary principles of being; the properties, division, and causes of being. Demonstration of existence of God; His nature and attributes; the divine intelligence and will; creation and providence.
3 hours. ©
PHIL 310 Twentieth Century Moral and Theological Views
A sequel to the course on Moral Philosophy in which similar topics are dealt with in the form in which they have appeared in contemporary writing and discussions. Prerequisite: Philosophy 210.
ours.
PHIL 315 Political Philosophy
Philosophical analysis of central concepts in political theory. The effect of the central issues of moral Philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysics on the formation of political theories. Examples will be drawn from the work of philosophers of a number of periods and schools—for example, Plato, Aritsotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, Hobbes, Locke, Hegel, Marx and contemporary thinkers. Prerequisite: Philosophy 100.
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PHIL 320 Introduction to Aesthetics
The philosophical consideration of art and beauty. A study of the basic problems with examples from historical and contemporary writers. Various theories of art criticism and literary criticism. Art related to society, morality, the sciences and religion. . Prerequisite: Philosophy 100.
2 hours.
PHIL 330A Oriental Philosophy
A survey of non-western philosophy, particularly that of China, Japan, and India. The views of such philosophers as Confucius, Lao-Tze and Mencius will be discussed and the philosophical content of the early Hindu and Buddhist writings examined. Zen Buddhism and other modern views.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 100..
2 hours, half course.
PHIL 330B Philosophy of History
Consideration of the various possible views about the ultimate nature and significance of history and historical knowledge. Such views as the following are examined: St. Augustine, Vico, Hegel, Marx, Spengler, Croce, Collingwood and Toynbee.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 100.
2 hours, half course.
PHIL 340 Interdisciplinary Seminar
Specific problems regarding the philosophical underpinnings of various sciences and disciplines, including Physics, Biology, Mathematics, Psychology, History, Political Science and Economics, English and other literatures. Conducted by one philosophy instructor in conjunction with one other “visiting” instructor from the discipline concerned. Normal period for each discipline will be two weeks..
Prerequisite: Two full courses in Philosophy.
2 hours.
PHIL 340J History of Philosophy
A survey of Philosophy from Presocratics to contemporary philosophers. 3 hours.
PHIL 348J Seminar in Philosophy
A special study of the principal philosophers of the modern and contemporary eras. ours.
$9. Senior Essay. For Philosophy majors in the pass course. 1 hour.
PHIL 450 Epistemology
The basic problems in the theory of knowledge, the nature of logical inference, concepts, causal and rational necessity, determinism, freedom, meaning, language, the fundamental nature of communication. Prerequisite: Philosophy 300a.
2 hours.
PHIL 451 The Central Problems in Aesthetics
The relation of the phenomena peculiar to aesthetic experience to cognitive grounds. The ontological and epistemological status of the passions and the individual quale of a work of art. Prerequisite: hilosophy 300a, 320.
ours.
PHIL 453 Mediaeval Philosophy
Detailed consideration of selected portions of the works of St. Thomas and other mediaeval philosophers such as Occam, St. Anselm, Albertus Magnus, St. Bernard, Duns Scotus. .
Prerequisite: Philosophy 200a.
2 hours.
PHIL 452 Ancient Philosophy
Detailed consideration of selected portions of the works of Plato and Aristotle, Suggested Works: Plato’s Timaeus, Theaetetus and Philebus. Aristotle’s Metaphysics.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 200a, 210a.
2 hours.
PHIL 454 Continental Rationalism
The Philosophy of Descartes, Leibnitz and pinoza.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 210a, 300a.
2 hours.
PHIL 455 The Philosophy of Kant
The Critique of Pure Reason. Selected passages of the Critique of Judgment.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 300a.
2 hours.
PHIL 456 Existential Philosophy and Phenomenology
A study of selected readings. Prerequisite: Philosophy 300. With the consent of the instructor, this course is also open to general students with two full courses in philosophy.
ours.
457, Metaphysics. Theories of reality including study of such fundamental concepts as being, form, substance, causality, process, universal, and particular.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 300.
2 hours.
PHIL 460 Problems
Seminar projects not readily classifiable into the above categories. Prerequisite: Philosophy 300. 2jhours.
PHIL 470-9 Tutorials for Honour Students in Special Subjects
1 hour.
PHIL 499 Senior Honours Essay
1 hour.
Graduate Courses in Philosophy
After this calendar was prepared for the printer, the Graduate Council gave approval for an extensive programme of graduate studies in Philosophy. Please write to the Chairman for details.