63 courses in the 1969–70 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Department of Philosophy
Professor, Choirmon of L.L. Haworth, B.A. (Rollins), M.A.. Ph.D. (Illinois)
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Z. Adamczewski, B.A. (London), M.A. (Columbio), Ph. D. (Horvard) (on leave of absence)
L. Armour, B.A. (British Columbio), Ph.D. (London) R. J. Butler, B.A., M.A. (New Zeolond)
C.A. Hergott, M.A. (St. Louis), S. T. D. (Gregorion) J.S. Minas, B.A. ( Woyne). Ph.D. (Illinois)
J.F. Narveson, B.A. (Chicago). M.A.. Ph.D. (Harvard)
P. Seligman, B.A., Ph.D. (London)
J.W. Tucker, B.Sc., B.A., Ph.D. (London), 196869
R.A. George, M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan State}
J.R. Horne, B.A., M.A. (Western Ontario), B. Th. (Huron), Ph.D. (Columbia)
D.D. Roberts, B.A. (Roosevelt), M.A., Ph.D. (Illinois)
B.H. Suits, B.A., M.A. (Chicago), Ph.D. (Illinois)
W.R. Abbott, B.A. (Kenyon}, Ph.D. (Ohio Store)
J. Ashworth, B.A.. M.A.. (Cambridge) Ph.D., (Bryn Mawr)
F. Centore, B.Sc. (Conisius) M.A. (Maryland) Ph.D. (St. John’s) E.B. Gamble (Miss), B.A. (Victoria), M.A. (Columbia).
B.R.E. (Emmanuel)
B.P. Hendley, B.A. (Morquette), M.A.. Ph.D. (Yale)
D.M. Lochhead. B.Sc., B. D., S. T.M., Ph.D. (McGill)
A.C. Narveson (Mrs.), B.A. (Radcliffe), M.A., Ph.D. (Horvard) J.W. Van Evra. B.A. (Volparoiso). M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan State) J. Wubnig (Miss), B.A. (Sworthmore). M.A.. Ph.D. (Yole)
E. Brown, A.B.. (Rockhurst)
G.T. Campbell, B.A. (Western Ontario). Ph. L. (Lovol)
R.H. Holmes, B.A.. M.A.. Ph.D. (Montana)
M.F. McDonald, B.A., (Toronto) M.A.. (Pittsburg)
Unless otherwise noted in the course listing. all courses offered by the Deportment moy be taken by any student in the University, subject only to his meeting the specific prerequisites listed in the individuol course descriptions.
Some of the odvonced courses (those numbered 300 or above) will not be ovailable every year. Each Spring, the Deportment will publish o list of the courses to be offered for the following academic year. This list will include descriptions of courses whose content is not specified below ond nomes of instructors for each course.
The attention of all first-year students is called to the fact that several courses in oddition to Philosophy 100 or 101 are open to them, any full course or two half courses of which con be used to satisfy port of the University requirement under group A(i). These ore the courses numbered 125. 135, 140. and 150 os well os 221/222, 240, and 280/281. Of these, the courses numbered 221/222, 240. ond 280/28! ore especially recommended for the student contemplating further study in Philosophy. (See recommended Honours Programmes. p. 37).
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290 § Note Notes to Honours Philosophy Students Note 2 Note Concerning Introductory cour ses
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number of hours the course meets. The number of class meetings per week is determined by the instructor. Half courses (courses which meet for one term only) ore designated by an asterisk (*} after rhe course number.
Courses suffixed with’J’ are administered by St. Jerome’s College; 5 rhose suffixed with o‘P’ ore administered by St. Paul's College.
The attention of students in Honours Philosophy programmes is dmwn to the following list of recommended electives: Classical Civilization 251, Clossicol Civilization 260, History 260, English 350 ond Political Science 320.
. Any of the following courses is especially recommended for the consideration of Honours students who intend 10 pursue groduote studies in Philosophy: Philosophy 340. 350,363. 455, 465. and one of either 380*- 389* or 480*-489*.
Undergraduate Courses
Normally all first year courses provide opportunity for weekly discussions in small groups.
A broad selection of the main problems in philosophy will be considered. For example: How can we know whether anything is right or wrong? How can we know about things we cannot directly observe? Can we know whether there is a God? Is mind in any sense distinct from matter? Original texts of both classical and contemporary thinkers are employed. No prerequisite. 3 hours.
As 100, but the course will be taught by a variety of instructors and a six-week detailed treatment of one philosophical problem will take place at the end of the second term. For this purpose the class will divide into a number of small sections, each in the charge of one of the original instructors. Each instructor will explore in depth a selected problem and students will be given some choice of sections. No prerequisite. 3 hours. (Not offered in 1969-70)
The central question of the course is: What reasons can I have for acting on the issues which will face me as a member of society? Such problems as divorce, democracy, socialism, the Bomb, and international politics will be critically discussed in the light of readings from both classical and contemporary philosophers. No prerequisite. 3 hours.
Basic ideas common to all religious beliefs will be discussed from a nondenominational viewpoint. What do we mean by revelation, sin. redemption? Can the existence of a supreme being be proved to the satisfaction of man’s reason? Both classical and contemporary readings will be used. No prerequisite. 3 hours.
Department of Philosophy 291
bols in logic will be explored, and some simple systems considered. Attention will also be devoted to informal arguments and scientific method.
No prerequisite. 3 hours.
matter, freedom, the existence of God, and the place of experience and reason in human knowledge.
No prerequisite. 3 hours.
lems brought to light. No prerequisite: 3 hours.
ods applied in the discussion of the principal problems of ethical theory. Prerequisite: Philosophy 221 or consent of instructor. 3 hours.
itical, social, and economic systems and policies. Such concepts as right and wrong, justice, individual rights, and the ends of political organization form the principal subject-matter of the course. Both classical and contemporary readings are employed.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 100 or equivalent, or honours status in any Social Science department, or consent of instructor. Not open to students in Philosophy 221 /2 or 325/6.
3 hours.
order predicate calculus, including the theory of identity and of definite descriptions and some attention to the theory of relations. Considerable attention will be devoted to formalization of various applied theories in, e.g., economics, measurement, utility theory, etc.
Prerequisites: None for second-year, and above, students; consent of instructor for others. 3 hours.
Philosophy 1 Prerequisite: Consent of instructor for students not raking philosophy as their main subject. 3 hours.
Philosophy 2 Prerequisite: Philosophy 280. 3 hours.
Philosophy 1 Prerequisite: One full or two half Philosophy courses, preferably 280/1, or consent of instructor. 3 hours.
Later period including Kant. Prerequisite: Philosophy 282. 3 hours.
A philosophical analysis of classical and contemporary theories of education, with a view to formulating a clear, workable concept of education, its aims and methods. Prerequisite: One full or two half Philosophy courses, or consent of instructor. 3 hours.
Critical evaluation of selected problems of education in an attempt to relate theory to practice. Recent studies, such as the Hall-Dennis Report, will be among those considered. Prerequisite: Philosophy 311, or consent of instructor. 3 hours. (Not offered in 1969-70)
Various half courses dealing with special topics; one or more of these will be offered each year as announced by the Department. Prerequisite: Philosophy 221/222. 3 hours.
Philosophical analysis of central concepts in political theory and its relation to moral and metaphysical problems of various periods. Prerequisite: One full or two half Philosophy courses. 3 hours. (Not offered in I %&9-70)
detailed discussion of contemporary theories. Prerequisite: Philosophy 325, or consent of instructor. 3 hours.
Analysis of legal notions; the bearing of philosophical systems on theories of law. Historical and contemporary examples will be used. Prerequisite: One full or two half Philosophy courses. 3 hours.
Philosophical consideration of the immediately given, of art and beauty, A study of the basic problems with examples from historical and contemporary writers. Prerequisite: One full or two half Philosophy courses. 3 hours.
A critical examination of the methods and substantive arguments found in selected major works of religious philosophy. The writings chosen for consideration will be announced in advance each year. Prerequisite: One full or two half Philosophy courses. 3 hours.
A rigorous development of the propositional and predicate calculus in a general framework in terms of which various alternative calculi may be examined. Particular attention is given to such concepts as completeness, consistency, extensionality, modality, etc., from both formal and philosophical points of view. Intended primarily for those interested in the philosophical issues connected with logic. Prerequisites: Philosophy 140, or (preferably) Philosophy 240, or consent of instructor. 3 hours.
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and their associated value theories. Special emphasis will be devoted to the definition and measurement of utility functions and to the various criteria employed in models of decision-making under uncertainty and under risk. Extensive use will be made of literature from Economics, Political Science, Psychology, and Mathematical Statistics. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor.
3 hours. (Not offered in 1969-70)
tory and historical knowledge. Both classical and contemporary views will be examined.
Prerequisite: One full or two half Philosophy courses. 3 hours.
ism and various kinds of realis¥n will be considered, as well as other main topics such as the a priori, our knowledge of other minds, and our knowledge of abstract entities.
Prerequisite: One full or two half courses in Philosophy. Students nor taking Philosophy as their main subject should consult the instructor.
3 hours. (Nor offered in 1969-70)
Philosophy of Science to many sciences. These topics include the logical structure of scientific laws, the nature of scientific theories, and the structure of scientific explanation. Prerequisite: One full or two half courses in Philosophy, or consent of instructor. 3 hours.
Formal Sciences cussed include formalism, intuitionism, logicism, the mathematical paradoxes, and other topics in foundations and metamathematics. Prerequisite: Philosophy 358 or consent of instructor. 3 hours. (Not offered in 1969-70)
Social Science ences generally, and problems specific to Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, etc., and their relations to one another will be considered. Prerequisites: Some previous work in a social science or in Philosophy. 3 hours. (Nor offered in 1969-70)
both formal and “ordinary language” analysis. This course should be especially useful for persons contemplating graduate study in Philosophy.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor, or Honours status in Philosophy. 3 hours.
Chinese). Parallels will be drawn between modes of Eastern thinking and European conceptions with emphasis on essential differences as well as similarities.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. 3 hours. (Not offered in 1969-70)
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One or more half courses will be offered at different times as announced by the Department. Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. 3 hours. /Not offered in 1969-70)
Various half courses dealing with a particular philosopher. a selected work or period; one or more of these will be offered each year as announced by the Department. Prerequisite: Philosophy 280/281 and 282/283. 3 hours. (Not offered in 1969-70)
The early period to the thirteenth century. Prerequisite: Philosophy 280/281. 3 hours.
The later period, from the thirteenth century. Prerequisite: Philosophy 390. 3 hours.
399 Tutorial for Honours students
Students wishing to enrol in 399 should consult the Department.
425* Philosophy of the City
Analysis and evaluation of the philosophical points of view that underlie current criticism of urban life and prevalent schemes for its reconstruction. Prerequisite: One half Philosophy course. 3 hours.
, A study of a particular philosopher or problem. The topic will be announced in advance each year. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. 3 hours. (Not offered in 1969-70)
Various half courses dealing with specific topics; one or more of these will be offered each year as announced by the Department. Prerequisite: Philosophy 240 or Mathematics 436. 3 hours. (Not offered in 1969-70)
Theories of reality, historical and contemporary, with emphasis on metaphysical problems in the light of recent studies. Prerequisite: Two full courses (or equivalent) in Philosophy. 3 hours.
Philosophy
A study of selected readings. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. 3 hours. (Not offered in 1969-70)
One or more half courses will be offered at different times, as announced by the Department. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. 3 hours. (Not offered in 1969-70)
Department of Philosophy
Various half courses dealing with a particular philosopher, a selected work or period; one or more of these will be offered each year as announced by the Department. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. 3 hours.
499 Tutorial and Honours Essay
Students wishing to enrol in 499 should consult the Department.
The follo wing courses are administered by St. Jerome’s College
The nature of the psyche; organic life, sensory life and its philosophy; intellectual life and its philosophy; the nature of modern scientific psychology. 3 hours. (at Resurrection College only)
A general introduction to the science of nature. A study of the principles of natural mobile being which is the subject of natural science, and a study of place and time which are measures extrinsic to mobile being, place and time. 3 hours.
A study of the principles of ethics, of the norms of human behavior insofar as these pertain to the conduct of the individual. A subsequent study of some moral problems. 3 hours.
Nature and division of Philosophy; nature of logic; the term; the proposition; argumentation; induction and deduction; scientific demonstration. Truth; certitude; evidence; sense and intellectual knowledge; criterion of truth; theories. contemporary 3 hours. (at Resurrection College only}
A study of the nature and the meaning of the method of experimental science. An attempt to come to grips with its method, through a study of the works (philosophical) of past and present scientists. A comparison of this method with that of the philosophy of nature. A look at the great scientific revolutions and their effect on the method of experimental science. Prerequisites: Philosophy 105J. 3 hours.
From the Presocratics to the decline of Scholasticism. 3 hours.
The science and art of correct reasoning. A study of the principles of traditional logic and the three operations of the mind: simple comprehension. composition and division. and reasoning. 3 hours.
What is metaphysics? Nhat is its subject? How does it proceed? The science which the ancients called “wisdom”. A study of the principles of beings.
A study of the soul, the principle of life. What is life? Relation of body and soul and a study of the different powers of the soul. Prerequisite: Philosophy 105]. 3 hours.
A special study of the principal philosophers of the modern and contemporary eras. 3 hours.
A study of the teachings and problems of the modern philosophers (from Descartes to existentialism). 3 hours.
The following courses are administered by St, Paul's College.
A study of theories, both religious and secular, of the nature and purpose of education. The thought of writers from antiquity to the present day will be considered. 3 hours.
The writings of selected contemporary theologians will be studied and their sources in the 19th century thought examined. Certain problems such as secularisation and the ‘death of God’ will receive special attention 3 hours.
Graduate Courses
Names at present contemplated from which a choice may be made should the demand be sufficient: Bradley, Collingwood, Heidegger. McTaggart, Peirce, Price, Russell, Ryle, Sartre. Wittgenstein.
621*-622* §
Seminar in Ethics
625*-626* §
Seminar in Political Philosophy
630*-631* §
Seminar in Aesthetics
635*-636* §
Seminar in Philosophy of Religion
In this course philosophical issues connected with extensionality, modality, and “alternative logics” will be developed systematically in a genframework. eral
641*-642* §
Seminar in Logic
650*-651* §
Seminar in Epistemology.
655*-656* §
Seminar in Metaphysics.
660*-662* §
Seminar in Philosophy of the Sciences
670*-679* §
Specially Directed Studies
680*-689* §
Seminar in the History of Philosophy.
Non-thesis M.A. students must take these three half-courses, which involve the writing of research papers, as part of their requirement for the degree.
Ph.D. candidates who have completed their regular course requirements select, with Departmental approval, four of these courses from the Department’s list of areas. Satisfactory completion of the four fulfills the Camnrehencive Fyvaminatian renuirement in Philacanhu
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Aesthetics
Epistemology
Ethics
Existential Philosophy and/or Phenomenology . History of Philosophy
Logic
. Metaphysics
. Philosophy of Religion
. Philosophy of Science
j. Social and Political Philosophy
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Philosophy Seminar