89 courses in the 1976–77 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 the 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
E. Jennifer Ashworth (Miss), B.A., M.A. (Cambridge), Ph.D. (Bryn Mawr)
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)
J. S. Minas, B.A. (Wayne), Ph.D. (Illinois)
J. F. Narveson, B.A. (Chicago), M.A., Ph.D. (Harvard)
B. H. Suits, B.A., M.A. (Chicago), Ph.D. (Illinois)
J. W. Tucker?, B.Sc., B.A., Ph.D. (London)
Professor Emeritus P. Seligman, B.A., Ph.D. (London), (part-time)
Associate Professors W.R. Abbott, B.A. (Kenyon), Ph.D. (Ohio State) JF. Centore, B.Sc. (Canisius), M.A. (Maryland), Ph.D. (St. John’s) JD. T. DeMarco, B.S. (Stonehill, Mass.), M.A., Ph.D. (St. John’s) 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)
Assistant Professors JG. T. Campbell, B.A. (Western Ontario), Ph.L., Ph.D. (Laval) R. H. Holmes, B.A., M.A. (Montana), Ph.D.
(Washington)
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 Department of Chemical Engineering 2 Department of Pure Mathematics
Course Descriptions 345 Philosophy
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 willinclude descriptions of those courses whose content is not specified below and names of instructors for each course.
Note 2 Any full course of 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 at least one of 140*, 240*, 241* or 340, 221* and one full-course equivalent from 280*(281*, 282*/283*, 390*/391*. (St. Jerome’s students: see p. 350 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? 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. .
3 hours
“‘Who am 1?’ ‘What can I hope for after death?”’ **How can I tell what to do?’’ ‘*What can I know?” are questions that have led people to philosophize.
Approaches, such as those of the mystic, the scientist, the existentialist, the pleasure seeker, and the practical man, will be discussed.
No prerequisite, 3 hours
Introduction to basic value-questions about society. Theories about the meaning and basis of rights, justice, and government are examined. Both classical writers (Hobbes, Mill, Marx) and contemporary writers (Rawls) may be used. Sample issues: civil disobedience, racial and sexual discrimination, and socialism versus capitalism.
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
Elementary sentence and predicate logic. Translation from the English into the formalism, decision methods and deductions. Application of Graphic Methods to Logic. This course is a preparation for courses in the foundations of mathematics, scientific methods, and more advanced logic courses.
No prerequisite. 3 hours
An analysis of basic types of reasoning, structure, of arguments, the critical assessment of information, common fallacies, problems of clarity and meaning. 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.
3 hours
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.
3 hours
Course Descriptions Philosophy
A study of some of the issues raised by the Women’s Liberation movement, such as the nature of Women and her rights and liberties in various contexts — family, childbearing, economic, political and social.
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. 3 hours
This course is intended to be both a history of and an introduction to moral philosophy. Views on the foundations of ethics of the great philosophers from classical antiquity to about 1900 are systematically examined. Writers studied include: Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, Mill and Nietzsche.
3 hours
Continues the history and discussion of ethics begun in Philosophy 221* with writings from 1900 to the present. Theories such as intuitionism, emotivism, utilitarianism, and relativism are examined via the writings of such people as Moore, Hare, and Warnock.
Philosophy 221* recommended. 3 hours
An investigation of what constitutes the good life and the good society. Such topics as the role of reason, the nature of the good, right and wrong, justice, individual rights, ecology, human nature and animal behaviour are considered. Classical and contemporary readings. 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.
3 hours
This is philosophical study of various Canadian social and political problems such as foreign control, 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 -
An investigation of some critical ethical issues in human research and therapy. Includes discussion of the right to live and right to die, behavior control (e.g. psychosurgery, behavior modification and psychotherapy), human experimentation (including ‘‘informed consent’’ and fetal research) and human engineering.
Prerequisite: Phil. 125*, 221*, 222*, 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.
2 hours
A critical philosophical discussion of reports of several kinds of extraordinary experiences, such as magic, extra-sensory perception, mysticism, and divination will lead us to discussions of such concepts as insanity, irrationality, the supernatural, and the miraculous.
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
The course begins with a brief review of the materials covered in Phil. 140*. Axiom systems of logic are developed and compared with natural deduction procedures. Then certain properties of these logical systems, such as consistency, completeness, compactness, will be investigated.
Prerequisite: Phil. 140* or familiarity with elementary sentence and predicate logic. 3 hours
The course begins with a brief review of the materials covered in Phil. 140*. Then systems of modal logic will be developed and applied to such philosophical problems as obligation, belief and knowledge, essentialism, future contingencies, existence of God.
Prerequisite: Phil. 140* or familiarity with elementary sentence and predicate logic. 3 hoyrs
Course Descriptions 347 Philosophy
Fundamentals of probability and game theory. Problems of decision making under conditions of certainty, risk and uncertainty. The definition and measurement of utility functions. Translation of decisions and preferences of members of a group into collective preference. Some applications to the Social Sciences.
Prerequisite: Phil. 140*, 145* or consent of instructor.
3 hours
As 150*, but this course will be taught in French. (Cross-numbered as French 385*)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. 3 hours
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.
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.
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 include Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy and linguistic theory, Minds and Machines, The Concept of Deviance.
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
Earker 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 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. 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.
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.
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 issues, such as abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, and violence. 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 |
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
Course Descriptions Philosophy
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 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; some recent interpretative and critical work is used.
Prerequisite: One full or two half Philosophy courses, or consent of instructor. 3 hours
An intensive study of the morals issues involved in war and armed revolution. Critical evaluation of ‘‘just war’’ theories, and international rules of warfare is pursued as well as the moral agruments for and against pacifism and conscientious objection.
Prerequisite: Phil. 125*, 221*222* 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
A rigorous and general development of the propositional and predicate calculus within which alternative calculi are examined. Study of such concepts as completeness, consistency, extensionality, and modality 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, 241* or 242*, or consent of instructor. 3 hours
Ananalysis of human knowledge, its conditions and types. The first part concentrates on criteria of meaningfulness, the possibility of a priori knowledge, and the concept of knowledge. The second part deals with the character and possibility of our knowledge of the physical world and other minds.
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
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*)
3 hours
The first part eXamines issues in the philosophy of language, such as synonymy, propositions, meaning, semantics, reference. The second part will consider ordinary language analysis as a method for solving philosophical problems as compared with structural linguistics.
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
Course Descriptions : 349 Philosophy
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: 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 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, 241* or 242* or Mathematics 436. 3 hours. See Note 1
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.
Prereq: Two full courses (or equivalent) in Phil, 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, including the attempt to understand the uses and ramifications of phenomenological methods through the working out of a particular analyses. The basic writings of phenomenologists such as Husserl and Merleau-Ponty will be used.
Prerequisite: One full or two halfcourses 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 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: Consent of instructor. 3 hours. See Note |
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor
Students wishing to enrol in 499 should consult the Department.
Course Descriptions 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 or 241 * or 340, 218J3* or 221*, two halves of 280*-1, 282*-3*, 390*-1.
_plus 2.5 or 3 other philosophy electives.
Honours Programme: Phil 218J* or 221*, 222*, 240, 280*-1, 282*-3, 499] 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?
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. 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 need for social disobedience, 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 . . .?’” The course 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, 3 hours
Not offered in 1976–77.
Not offered in 1976–77.
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? 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.
Fall term. 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, 3h. Also offered in the Evening
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, obscenity, violence, drugs, egoism, dishonesty, various forms of human exploitation, genetic surgery, biological cloning and genetic pollution.
Winter term, 3 h. Also offered in the Evening
Not offered in 1976–77.
This course examines the nature and purpose of community living-as well as such traditionally controversial issues as private and public morality, the individual good and the common good, personal freedom and group responsibility. Topics for discussion may include: the government's role in issues of life and death; the moral function of law; civil disobedience; and scientific, technological, and medical innovations. Winter term, 3 hours
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, 3 hours
An intensive overview of the major recurring themes in Western intellectual history from both an historical and a philosophical viewpoint.
Fall term, 3 hours. Prerequisite: Second year standing.
A continuation of 300J*. . Winter term, 3 h. Prerequisite: Second year standing.
Not offered in 1976–77.
Not offered in 1976–77.
Not offered in 1976–77.
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.
An advanced course for the serious student, delving into
the notions of reality, being, essence, existence, analogy, etc. The techniques of linguistic analysis will be employed. Also, the very possibility of any kind of metaphysics will be discussed.
Year Course. Prerequisite: Third year standing or consent of instructor.
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.