82 courses in the 1975–76 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Associate Professor, Chairman of Department J.R. Horne, B.A., M.A.(Western Ontario), B.Th. (Huron), Ph.D.(Columbia)
Associate Professor, Associate Chairman J.W. Van Evra, B.A.(Valparaiso), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan State)
Professors
T.L. Batke,’ B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D.(Toronto)
R.A. George, M.A., Ph.D.(Michigan State)
L.L. Haworth, B.A.(Rollins), M.A., Ph.D.{Illinois) 3.8. Minas, B.A.(Wayne), Ph.D.(Illinois)
J.F. Narveson, B.A(Chicago), M.A., Ph.D.(Harvard) P. Seligman, B.A., Ph.D.(London)
B.H. Suits, B.A., M.A.(Chicago), Ph.D.(Illinois) J.W. Tucker,? B.Sce., B.A., Ph.D.(London)
Associate Professors
W.R. Abbott, B.A.(Kenyon), Ph.D(Chio State)
EJ. Ashworth (Miss), B.A., M.A.(Cambridge), Ph.D. Bryn Mawr)
F. Centore, B.Se.(Canisius), M.A(Haryland), PhD. (St. John’s) J
B.P. Hendley, B.A.(Marquette), M.A., Ph.D.(Yale)
J. Huertas-Jourda, B.A.(Florida), M.A., Ph.D{New York) (part-time)
A.C. Minas (Mrs.), B.A.(Radcliffe), M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard)
D.D. Roberts, B.A.(Roosevelt), M.A., Ph.D.(Illinois)
Assistant Professors
_E.F. Bertoldi, B.A., M.A.(Windsor), Ph.D.(Waterloo) (part-time)
G.T. Campbell, B.A.(Western Ontario), Ph.L. Ph.D.(Laval) J
D.T. DeMarco, B.S.(Stonehill, Mass.), M.A., Ph.D. (St. John’s) J
R.H. Holmes, B.A., M.A.(Montana), Ph.D. (Washington) (on Sabbatical Leave)
M.F. McDonald, B.A.(Toronto), M.A., Ph.D. (Pittsburgh)
J. Wubnig, (Miss), B.A.(Swarthmore), M.A., Ph.D. (Yale)
Faculty members holding cross appointments as shown
1 Philosophy and Chemical Engineering
? Philosophy and Mathematics
Course Descriptions ; 391
Note 1
Courses 370* to 372*, 380* to 389*, 435* to 439*; ° 440* to 444*; 471* to 473*; 480* to 489*; are special courses offered in response to student demand or special interests of the faculty. The Department will publish each Spring a list of the courses offered under these numbers for the following academic year. This list will include descriptions of those courses whose content is not specified below and names of instructors for each course
Note 2 : Any full course or two half courses in Philosophy can be used to satisfy the group A(i) requirement.
Note 3
Courses suffixed with ‘J’ are administered by St. Jerome’s College; those suffixed with a ‘P’ are administered by St. Paul’s College; and those suffixed with an ‘R’ are administered by Renison College.
Note to General Philosophy Students
Five full course equivalents in Philosophy are required for the General Degree in Philosophy, including 140* (or 240), 221* and one full-course equivalent from 280* | 281*, 282*/283*, 390*/391*. (St. Jerome’s students: see p. 397 for further information.
Minor A minor in Philosophy consists of any five full courses (or equivalent) in Philosophy.
Departmental Recommendation
The Department of Philosophy recommends that its Honours and Majors take at least one course in Mathematics or Science.
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Note Concerning Introductory Courses
It is Departmental policy to have small sections of each introductory course staffed by regular faculty. In addition there are weekly seminar-sized discussion groups in each course
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
392 ‘
An introduction to philosophical thinking through an examination of problems that concern the student. The course will begin with a general discussion of problematic aspects of contemporary life. We will then focus in on specific topics and consider them in light of relevant philosophical approaches. Readings to be used will depend on the topics emerging from the discussion.
No prerequisite
3 hours
Introduction to the basic value-questions about politics and society. Various theories about the meaning and basis of rights, political obligation, justice, law, and government are examined. Both classical writers such as Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Mill, and Marx and contemporary writers such as Rawls may be used. Application to various issues, such as civil disobedience, participatory democracy, racial and sexual discrimination, and socialism versus capitalism will be included.
No prerequisite
3 hours
A philosophical consideration of problematic aspects of religious belief: Topics to be discussed will include: attempts to prove the existence of God, the problem of evil, faith and reason, religious experience, and religious language. Classical and contemporary readings will be used.
No prerequisite
3 hours
Basic types of reasoning will be analyzed. The reasons for using symbols 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
Discussion of the nature of reality. Rival theories concerning mind, matter, freedom, the existence of God, and the place of experience and reason in human knowledge.
No prerequisite
3 hours
Course Descriptions Philosophy
A philosophical analysis of different forms and functions of love. Among the topics to be considered: love and sexuality, religious love, love and knowledge. Classical and contemporary sources will be treated.
No prerequisite
3 hours
Certain works of literature will be studied for their relevance to philosophical problems. Those interested in this course may consult the Department regarding which works of literature are to be studied in any given year.
No prerequisite
| 3 hours
This course is intended to be both a history of and an introduction to moral philosophy. In this course the views on the foundations of ethics of the great philosophers from classical antiquity to about 1900 are systematically examined. Such philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Mill and Nietzsche will be included.
No prerequisite
3 hours
This course has two aims: to continue the history of ethics begun in Philosophy 221* with writings from 1900 to the present, and to discuss systematically the foundations of ethics from the most current perspective. Theories such as intuitionism, emotivism, utilitarianism, and relativism are examined via the writings of such people as Moore, Stevenson, Baier, Hare, and Warnock.
No prerequisite; Philosophy 221* recommended
3 hours
An investigation of what constitutes the good life and the good society through the study of different theories. Such topics as the role of reason, the nature of the good, right and wrong, justice, individual rights, ecology, human nature and animal behaviour will form the principal subject-matter. Both classical and contemporary readings are employed.
Prerequisite: Second year standing or consent of instructor
3 hours
An examination of some of the issues raised by recent
discussions on ecology. Various theories of nature, | the human being; and relations between the two will be explored. Possible foundations for duties of mankind toward nature will be examined.
No prerequisite
3 hours
This course is a philosophical study of various Canadian social and political problems such as the Criminal Code’s regulation of morals, foreign control, the value of nationalism, the redistribution of wealth, native rights, and the War Measures Act. Canadian socialist, liberal, conservative, and anarchist approaches to such problems will be examined from a moral point of view.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 125* or consent of instructor 3 hours
A critical examination of mystical writings, with regard to the nature of the experience reported, their typology, and their implications for epistemology, ethics, and philosophy of religion.
No prerequisite
2 hours
A critical philosophical discussion of reports of several kinds of extraordinary experiences, such as magic, extra-sensory perception, mysticism, and divination. Our consideration of rival explanations of such experiences will lead us to discussions of such concepts as insanity, irrationality, the supernatural, and the miraculous.
No prerequisite
2 hours
A systematic development of the propositional calculus and of the first-order functional calculus. Some attention will be devoted to extensions to, and interpretations of, such formal systems.
Prerequisite: None for second-year students and above; consent of instructor for others
3 hours
As 150*, but this course will be taught in French. (Cross-numbered as French 385*)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
3 hours
Course Descriptions 393
‘Philosophy
A discussion of the fundamental concepts on which science is based. Consideration is given to such topics as scientific explanation, the structure of scientific theories, the nature of law-likeness, the grounds for scientific confirmation, and the debate between ‘ rationalism and empiricism in science.
No prerequisite
3 hours
An introduction to the existentialist view of man using both literary and philosophical texts from such authors as Kierkegaard, Unamuno, Nietzsche.
Ortega y Gasset, Camus, Sartre, Heidegger and others. No prerequisite
3 hours
270* 271* Special Topics in Philosophy
Philosophic examination of areas of current-or traditional social or conceptual interest. No special preparation in Philosophy. Topics dealt with may ininclude Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy and linguistics theory, Minds and Machines, The Concept of Deviance.
No prerequisite
3 hours
From the beginnings to Plato.
Prerequisite: Second year standing or above; or consent of instructor
3 hours
From Aristotle to the close of classical antiquity. Prerequisite: Philosophy 280*
3 hours
Earlier period beginning with Descartes. Prerequisite: Second year standing or above, or consent of instructor
3 hours
Later period including Hume and Kant. Prerequisite: Second year standing or above, or consent of instructor
Philosophy 282* recommended
3 hours
284* 19th Century Philosophy
The 19th century. Philosophers covered may include Hegel, Mill, Schopenhauer, James, and Kierkegaard. No prerequisite
3 hours
285* 20th Century Philosophy
A course intended to introduce the student to the dominant themes of 20th century philosophy, centering on the major figures of this century, such as Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, G-E. Moore, Edmund Husserl, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
No prerequisite
3 hours
An introduction to philosophical issues relating to sports and other games. Among the issues examined will be the nature of games, games and sports, and the relevance of games and sports to other philosophical interests: e.g., ethics and aesthetics.
No prerequisite
3 hours
The aim of this course is to improve the student’s understanding of ethical ideas and principles by careful discussion of selected concrete moral problems and currently disputed issues, such as abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, use of violence for political ends, and others. Choice of issues largely determined by student interest.
Prerequisite: At least second year standing or consent of instructor
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: At least second year standing or consent of instructor
3 hours
Critical evaluation of selected problems of education in an attempt to relate theory to practice. Recent Canadian studies will be among those considered. Prerequisite: Philosophy 311* or consent of instructor 3 hours
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
See Note I
Course Descriptions Philosophy
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
A detailed discussion of contemporary theories. Prerequisite: Philosophy 325*, or consent of instructor 3 hours
Besides considering some of the more prominent views of what law is (e.g., those of Aquinas, Kant, Austin, Kelsen, and Hart), we will examine the relationships between law and morality. We will also take up some other topics central to Jurisprudence, such as liability, right, and judicial reasoning. Prerequisite: One full or two half Philosophy courses or consent of instructor
3 hours
A systematic, critical study of the main philosophical ideas of Marx and Engels. Considerable reading from
.their original writings, early and late, with discussion
and analysis, is the main work of the course. Little or no attention is devoted to secondary sources or recent developments of Marxian theory, though
some recent interpretative and critical work is used. Prerequisite: One full or two half Philosophy courses, or consent of instructor
3 hours
Philosophical! consideration of works of art and the problems of beauty using selected readings to enable the student to recognize and formulate his own views in a philosophic manner.
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
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A rigorous development of the propositional and predicate calculus in a general framework, an examination of various alternative calculi, and a study of such concepts as completeness, consistency, extensionality, etc. from both formal and philosophical points of view. Intended primarily for those interested in philosophical issues connected with logic. . Prerequisite: Philosophy 140*, or (preferably) Philosophy 240, or consent of instructor 3 hours
A systematic study of the basic concepts in decisionmaking theories and their associated value theories with special emphasis on the definition and measurement of utility functions and on various criteria used in uncertainty and in risk situations; some reference to applications in Economics, Political Science, Psychology, and Statistics.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
3 hours
An analysis of human knowledge, its conditions and types. The first part concentrates on criteria of meaningfulness, verification, the possibility of a priori knowledge, and the concept of knowledge. The second part deals primarily with the character and possibility of our knowledge of the physical world, other minds, and the like.
Prerequisite: One full or two half courses in Philosophy
3 hours
The first part of Philosophy 350. Prerequisite: one full or two half courses in Philosophy
3 hours
The second part of Philosophy 350. Prerequisite: One full or two half courses in Philosophy ‘ 3 hours
Note Either 350A* or 350B* may be ‘taken separately
A study of philosophical problems concerning mathematics. Topics discussed include formalism, intuitionism, logicism, the mathematical paradoxes, and other topics in foundations and metamathematics. Prerequisite: At least second year standing or
consent of instructor —
3 hours
“Course Descriptions 395
Problems about the fundamental methods and aims of the social sciences generally, and problems specific to Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, etc., and their relations to one another will be considered. (Cross-numbered as Sociology 371*)
No prerequisite
3. hours
The first part of this course deals with issues in the area of philosophy of language, such as necessary truth, analyticity, propositions, theories of meaning, semantics, reference and speech acts. The second part will consider ordinary language analysis as a method for solving philosophical problems. Criticisms of this method, including comparison with structural linguistics, will be discussed.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor, or honours status in Philosophy
3 hours
The first part of Philosophy 363.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor, or honours status in Philosophy
3 hours
The second part of Philosophy 363. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor, or honours status in Philosophy
3 hours
Note Either 363A* or 363B* may be taken separately
Studies of a selected area of non-western Philosophy (e.g. Indian or Chinese). Parallels will be drawn between modes of Eastern thinking and European conceptions with emphasis on essential differences as well as similarities.
Prerequisite: Corsent of instructor
3 hours
One or more half courses will be offered at different times as announced by the Department. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
3 hours
See Note 1
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.
See Note 1
The early period to the 13th century. Among those considered will be: Augustine, Boethius, Anselm, and Abailard.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 280* /281*
3 hours.
The later period from the 13th century. Among those considered will be: Bonaventure, Aquinas, Scotus, and Ockham.
Prerequisite: Philosophy 390*
3 hours
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
399 Tutorial for Honours Students Students wishing to enrol in 399 should consult the Department.
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
See Note 1
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
See Note I
Course Descriptions Philosophy
Consideration of various possible views about ultimate nature of history and historical knowledge. Offered in sequence with History 466*.
Prerequisite: One full course equivalent in Philosophy, or consent of instructor
3 hours
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
An in depth study of the thought of some major existentialist figures such as Kierkegaard, Unamuno, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Marcel, Jaspers, Ortega y Gasset.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
3 hours
A critical examination of the issues and methods of phenomenology. The basic writings of phenemenologists such as Husserl and Merleau-Ponty will be the main texts. Such a critique will include the attempt to understand the uses and ramifications of phenomenological methods through the working out of a particular analyses.
Prerequisite: One full or two half courses in Philosophy, or consent of instructor
3 hours
One or more half courses will be offered at different times, as announced by the Department. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
3 hours
See Note I
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
See Note 1
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
Students wishing to enrol in 499 should consult the Department.
Course Descriptions 397 Philosophy . .
The following courses are administered by St. Jerome’s College
A student may register through St. Jerome’s College in either the General Programme or Honours Programme in Philosophy. -
General Programme: Phil 200J* or 140* or 240, 218J* or 221*, two halves of 280*-1*, 282*-3*, 390*-1*, plus 2.5 to 3 other philosophy electives.
Honours Programme: Phil 2183* or 221*, 222*, 240, 280*-1*, 282*-3*, 499J or 499, plus 5 other philosophy electives. College students are expected to take 450J.
Students in joint Honours Programmes, one half of which is Philosophy, may substitute the same St. Jerome's College courses in those programmes as others may substitute in the single honours programme
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. Year course. 3 hours
A study of what some of the great philosophers have said about the meaning of life in relation to death
and the transition from life to death. Possible topics for discussion are Plato’s views on the soul, Aristotle’s | denial of personal immortality, James’s use of the “world soul”, and Whitehead’s attempt to unite God and the world. Students are urged to raise their own questions and thereby help direct discussion.
Fall term. 3 hours
A study of what some of the great philosophers have said about the causes of personal and social discontent. The role of the “philosopher-king,” the need
for social disobedience, the philosophical justifications for anti-authoritarian and anti-social behaviour, and the extent to which ethical principles can be altered to accommodate changing conditions, are possible topics for discussion.
Winter term. 3 hours
Are you a logical person? What does it mean when someone says “that’s not logical,” or “from the logical point of view .. . ?” This course regards logic as a tool in guiding our penetration of various substantive issues in philosophy. It will cover the main common logical fallacies, term logic, propositional logic, and syllogistic logic. The difference between intentional logic and mathematical logic will be discussed.
Fall term
No prerequisite, 3 hours
An examination through conceptual analysis and historical reference of the explanatory principles underlying the material world. Various main doctrines (e.g. pythagoreanism, atomism, hylomorphism) will be compared and contrasted. Germane discoveries in physics (especially the work of Planck, Einstein, de Broglie, Heisenberg) and chemistry will be brought in.
Fall term
No prerequisite. 3 hours
(Not offered 1975-76)
This course will take up various key topics with respect to the constitution and operation of the natural universe. Issues such as the definition of change, space and place, time, purpose in nature, the infinity of the universe, anti-matter, action-at-a-distance, etc. will be discussed.
‘Winter term
No prerequisite. 3 hours
(Not offered 1975-76)
What is man? What is man’s place among other creatures? How is the human race unified? Are there inferior races? Is man an accident of evolution? -
Is there any positive evidence to show otherwise? Are being free and being bound by the conditions of matter mutually exclusive? What are the major views on man as a species? How are love and sex aspects of man’s life? These are some of the questions this course will attempt to answer..
Winter term
No prerequisite. 3 hours
A normative approach, employing several of the classic Western traditions of rational thought, to general ethics. The various schools of ethical thought will be discussed.
Fall term
No prerequisite. 3 hours
Also offered in the Evening
Philosophy
This course will discuss the applications of general ethics to the more specific areas of human endeavour. Among the topics discussed will be abortion, contraception, sex and marriage, obscenity, violence, drugs, egoism, dishonesty, various forms of human exploitation, genetic surgery, biological cloning and genetic pollution.
Winter term
No prerequisite. 3 hours
Also offered in the Evening
An investigation of several aspects concerning the meaning and existence of God. Is God-talk possible? Can faith and reason be reconciled? Is religious experience a meaningful argument? A wide range of different views will be considered.
Fall term
No prerequisite. 3 hours
How does one achieve the good society? How can the results of ethical conclusions be applied to the laws of society? The course will concentrate on the various main alternatives open to someone interested in acting rationally with respect to his particular social situation, with an emphasis upon modern influences such as science.
Fall term .
No prerequisite. 3 hours
(Not offered 1975-76)
Why go to college? What are the present realities in education today in Canada? What is the future role of the liberal arts? The primary interest of the course will be upon what can be done in practice rather than upon ideal schemes.
Winter term
No prerequisite. 3 hours
An intensive overview of the major recurring themes in Western intellectual history from both an historical and a philosophical viewpoint.
Fall term
Prerequisite: Second year standing. 3 hours
A continuation of 300J*.
Winter term
- Prerequisite: Second year standing. 300J* is not a
necessary prerequisite. 3 hours
This course aims at giving students an overview of the main philosophical influences on Canadian culture over the last two hundred years. It will concentrate mainly on the fundamental metaphysical views, and the various attempts at reconciling religion and science, of men such as T. McCulloch, J. Watson, J.C. Murray, G.S: Brett, E. Gilson, C. de Koninck, B. Lonergan, R.C. Lodge, and H.L, Stewart.
Fall and Winter terms
Prerequisite: One other course in philosophy or consent of instructor
A discussion of some problems, especially in the areas of music, painting, and poetry, with which today’s artist as well as his audience are confronted. Information Theory, computerized techniques, mass art, “Pop Art”, the psychology of creative invention, art as an expression of reality, the morality of art, and art’s function as a reflection of society are possible topics for discussion.
Year course
Prerequisite: One other philosophy-.course or consent of instructor. 3 hours
(Not offered 1975-76)
The problems of human knowledge have been in the foreground of philosophical discussions for three centuries. This course will cover such topics as the principles of all human knowledge, types and degrees of probability and certitude, Realism, and Idealism, the problem of universal predication, various meanings of truth, criteria of truth, and historiography. Year course
Prerequisite: One other philosophy course or consent of ‘instructor. 3 hours
(Nat offered 1975-76)
A series of readings and/or seminars on one or two topics or thinkers, with periodic reports and discussion.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
Students wishing to enrol in 399J should consult the College Department.
Course Descriptions 399 Philosophy °
An advanced course for the serious student, delving into the notions of reality, being, essence, existence, analogy, etc. The existence and nature of God as far as can be determined without any kind of revelation, will be examined. The techniques of linguistic analysis to be employed. Also, the very possibility of any kind of metaphysics wil! be discussed.
Year Course
Prerequisite: Third year standing or consent of instructor
Tutorial 1975-6
496J*-4973* Special Topics/Directed Readings
A series of readings and/or seminars on one or two topics or thinkers, with periodic reports and discussions.
. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
Students wishing to enrol in 499J should consult the College Department.