87 courses in the 1984–85 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Professor, Chairman of the Department R.A. George, MA, PhD (Michigan State)
Professor, Associate Dean, Graduate
Affairs, Faculty of Arts
BH. Suits, BA, MA (Chicago), PhD (illinois) Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
Professor, Associate Chairman and Graduate Advisor * L.L.Haworth, BA (Rollins), MA, PhD (linois)
Professor, Associate Chairman and
Undergraduate Advisor
J.R, Horne, BA, MA (Western Ontario), BTh (Huron), PhD (Columbia)
Professor Emeritus - P, Seligman, BA, PhD (London)
Professors
E.u. Ashworth, BA, MA (Cambridge), PhD (Bryn Mawr)
J.S. Minas, BA (Wayne), PhD (ilinois) °
J.F. Narveson, BA (Chicago), MA, PhD (Harvard)
D.D. Roberts, BA (Roosevelt), MA, PhD (iinois)
J.W. Tucker,’ BSc, BA, PhD (London)
Associate Professors
W.R. Abbott, BA (Kenyon), PhD (Ohio State)
C.G. Brunk, BA (Wheaton), MA, PhD (Northwestern), G
G.T. Campbell, BA (Western Ontario), PhL., PhD (Laval), J, Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
F. Centore, BSc (Canisius), MA (Maryland), PhD (St. John’s) J
D.T. DeMarco, 8S (Stonehill, Mass.), MA, PhD (St. John’s) J
B.P. Hendley, BA (Marquette), MA, PhD (Yale)
A. Kerr-Lawson,’ BA (Toronto), MA (Chicago), PhD (McMaster)
M.F. McDonald, BA (Toronto), MA, PhD (Pittsburgh)
A.C. Minas, BA (Radcliffe), MA, PhD (Harvard)
J.W. Van Evra, BA (Valparaiso), MA, PhD (Michigan State)
Assistant Professors
R.H. Holmes, BA, MA (Montana), PhD (Washington)
J, Wubnig, BA (Swarthmore), MA, PhD (Yale)
J.L. Zwicky, BA (Calgary), MA, PhD (Toronto), SSHRCC Postdoctoral Fellow
Faculty members holding joint appointments to Philosophy from: Pure Mathematics
Course Descriptions
Courses not offered in the current academic year are listed at the end of this section.
Introductory Notes
1. Any full course or 2 half courses in Philosophy can be used to satisfy the Group A (i) requirements.
2. Special courses are offered in response to student demand or special interests of the faculty. Each spring, the Department will publish a list of these courses offered 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.
3. Courses suffixed with "J" are aaministered by St. Jerome's College.
A broad selection of the main problems in philosophy wilt 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?
A general introduction, designed to provide the student with an understanding of the major problems of classical and contemporary philosophy.
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 are considered.
Course Descriptions Philosophy
An introduction to basic concepts and principies in classic and contemporary social and political philosophy. Differing views on basic questions are examined, with applications to such issues as capital punishment, welfare provisions, taxation, natural resource ownership, and terrorism.
“Who am |?” “What can | hope for after death?” “How can | tell what to do?” "What can | know?” are questions that have led many to philosophize. The - - course will examine what lifestyles and attitudes major philosophers, stoics, skeptics, pleasure-seekers, mystics, pragmatists, etc. have promoted, and why.
PHIL 1200 F 3C 05
Philosophy of Life and Death
A study of what some of the great philosophers have said about the meaning of life and death and the transition from life to death. Students are urged to raise questions and help direct discussion.
PHIL. 130J W 3C 05
Philosophy of Discontent
A study of what some of the great philosophers have said about the causes of discontent. Social disobedience and the extent to which ethical principles can be altered to accommodate changing conditions are possible topics for discussion.
Elementary sentence and predicate logic. Translation from 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.
An analysis of basic types of reasoning, structure of arguments, critical assessment of information, common fallacies’ problems of clarity and meaning.
Philosophy
An examination of some of the greatest writings in Western Philosophy. Students will be encouraged to come to a critical appreciation of such masterworks as Plato's Republic, Descartes’ Discourse on Method, Hobbes’ Leviathan, Hume‘s Enquiry, Kant’s Prolegomena, Nietzsche’s Zarathustra, and an outstanding work in contemporary philosophy.
Great Works of Western Philosophy: Part 1
Outstanding works from the ancient and medieval periods.
Great Works of Western Philosophy: Part 2
Outstanding works fram the early modern and contemporary periods.
Either PHIL 200A or PHIL 2008 may be taken separately.
An introduction to the understanding of how words are used, the formation of propositions, the construction of arguments and the examination of fallacies to help the student argue with order, facility and without error.
A philosophical analysis: of different forms and functions of love. Among the topics to be considered: love and sexuality, religious love, jove and knowledge. Classical and contemporary sources will be treated.
A study of some of the issues raised by the Women’s Liberation movement. Philosophica! writings of the past and present will be used on such subjects as: the 2 sexes, physiological femininity, personal and social relations between the sexes, the position of women in public life, marriage and its alternatives, the importance of childbearing.
This course critically examines how philosophers from the Pre-Socratics to Wittgenstein have analyzed the concept of death. The course is also concerned with topics like the concept of a person, personal identity, ‘and survival after death.
An analysis of the philosophical assumptions in Western culture as
reflected in various mass media and in °
current modes of production and consumption.
Alternative philosophical perspectives on problems raised by scientific and technological developments including moral issues (e.g. privacy and datagathering, ‘clean’ vs. ‘dirty’ energy). Also an examination of the nature and scope of scientific and technical knowledge as it bears on the responsibilities of scientists and engineers.
An examination of ancient and modem accounts of the natural world. Problems include whether matter alone can account for change, whether there is more than one cause, whether nature operates by purpose or chance.
* PHIL 2065 W 3C 05 Philosophy of Science A philosophical study of the approaches to the materiat world used by contemporary physical science. The nature and the value of the experimental method in the writings of scientists past and present will be examined.
Each term, philosophical themes (such as alienation, freedom and responsibility) will be explored through appropriate literary works (e.g. works by Camus, Dostoevsky, Kafka, and Sartre).
What is Man? What is man’s place among other creatures? 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?
Study of ethical and moral issues that typically arise in professional and business activity. What responsibilities to society at large do people in such business and professional activities as teaching, engineering, planning, architecture and accounting have? How far should professional autonomy extend?
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An elementary introduction to the subject of ‘rational’ behaviour and decision-making for individuals and groups. Emphasis is on the definition and measurement of utility functions and various criteria employed in models of decision-making. This course is intended to help those whose work will involve them in making decisions in either the public or private sectors.
PHIL 218) F 3C 05
Ethical Theory
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.
PHIL 219) W 3C 05
Practical Ethics This course will discuss the application: of general ethics to more specific areas of human endeavour. Among the topics discussed will be abortion, contraception, sex, obscenity, violence, drugs, egoism, dishonesty, and various forms of human exploitation.
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 is partly determined by student interest.
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, Mil) and Nietzsche.
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 wilt be explored. Possible foundations for duties of mankind toward nature will be examined.
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Canadian Problems.
Basic ideological
perspectives-conservative, socialist, and ‘liberal-on Canadian problems-such as
native rights, nationalism, separatism.
and regionalism-are philosophically
presented and assessed.
Prereq: PHIL 102B or consent of the instructor
An investigation of some critical ethical issues in human research and therapy. Includes discussions of the right to live and the right to die, behaviour control (e.g. psychosurgery, behaviour modification and psychotherapy), human experimentation (including “informed consent” and fetal research) and genetic engineering.
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.
A critical philosophical discussion of reports of several kinds of extraordinary experiences, such as magic, extrasensory perception, mysticism, and divination will lead us to discussion of such concepts as insanity, irrationality, the supernatural, and the miraculous.
A critical discussion of basic religious concepts. Among the topics covered will be faith, miracles; religious experience, immortality, and arguments for the existence of God.
A systematic development of the
propositional calculus and of the first-
order functional calculus. Some attention
will be devoted to extensions and
interpretations of such formal systems. Prereq: None for second-year
Students and above; consent of
instructor for others
Axiom systems of logic are developed and compared with natural deduction procedures. Then certain properties of these logical systems, such as consistency, completeness and compactness, will be investigated. Prereq: PHIL 140 or consent of the instructor.
The classical logic introduced in PHIL 140 will be extended to form systems of modal logic, including logics of obligation, belief and knowledge, necessity, and temporal order. Essentialism, future contingencies, proofs for the existence of God will be discussed.
Prereq: PHIL 149 or consent of the instructor.
Basic concepts of game and decision theory are introduced and applied to ethical theory and problems in social philosophy.
Prereq: PHIL 140, 145 or consent of instructor.
A discussion of the fundamental concepts on which science is based. Consideration is given to such topics as scientific theories, the nature of lawlikeness, the grounds for scientific confirmation, and the debate between rationalism and empiricism in science.
An introduction to the existentialist view of man using both literary and philosophical texts frorn such authors as Kierkegaard, Unamuno, Nietzsche, Ortega y Gasset, Camus, Sartre, Heidegger and others.
(to 1600) An intensive overview of the major recurring themes in Western intellectual history from both an historical and a philosophical viewpoint.
Prereq: Second year standing
Course Descriptions Philosophy
PHIL 301) W 3C 05 The Western Philosophical Tradition (1600 to present) A continuation of 300J. Descartes to Existentialism.
Prereq: Second year standing
An examination of major writings that have shaped present-day consciousness. Works by such thinkers as Marx, Darwin, Freud, Nietzsche and Mill will be included.
An examination of contemporary feminist thought, de Beauvoir through to the present. Positions taken on various issues will be compared and critically assessed.
Prereq: Second year standing or PHIL 202
PH 311 F 3C 05 Philosophy of Education 1 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.
Prereq: At least second year standing or consent of instructor
An introduction to current work in the field, particularly that of Peters, Hirst, and Dearden. Special attention will be paid to the question of the desirability of a core curriculum and its proposed content.
Prereq: PHIL 311 or consent of instructor
An analysis from the standpoint of philosophical ethics of moral issues arising in professional engineering practice. Issues include the social responsibility of engineers, conflict of interest and obligation, morally acceptable levels of risk, and moral implications of technology.
PHIL 318) AW 3C 05 Philosophy of the Family A philosophical examination of the family, its foundation, its purpose, its importance in personal growth and its relation to political community.
Prereq: 1 course in moral philosophy or consent of instructor
Philosophy
Continues the history and discussion of ethics begun in PHIL 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.
Prereq: PHIL. 221 recommended
An investigation of alternative views of
law and legal reasoning forms the core
of this course. Law’s relations to
morality, social practice, and politics are
considered. Authors to be studied
include Aquinas, Kant, Austin and Hart. This is a required course for the
Legal Studies Option.
An examination of areas within the jaw in which philosophical problems and methods are featured prominently. Topics such as liberty, responsibility and liability, punishment, rights and possessions are considered.
Prereq: PHIL 327A or consent of the instructor
An intensive study of the moral 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 arguments for and against pacifism and conscientious objection.
Prereq: PHIL 102B or 322 or consent of instructor
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.
Prereq: One full or two half courses in Philosophy, or consent of instructor
An analysis of human knowledge, its conditions and types. The first part concentrates on criteria of : meaningfuiness, the possibility of @ priori knowledge, and the concept of knowledge. The second part deals with our knowledge of the physical world and other minds.
Prereq: One full or two half courses in Philosophy
The first part of PHIL 350.
The second part of PHIL 350.
Either PHIL 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. Prereq: At least second year standing or consent of instructor
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-listed as SOC 371.
Studies of a selected area of nonwestern 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.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
From the beginnings to Plato.
Prereq: One half course in Philosophy or consent of instructor
Cross-listed as C CIV 361.
Prereq: One half course in Philosophy or consent of instructor Cross-listed as C CIV 362.
The early period to the 13th century.
Among those considered will be.
Augustine, Boethius, Anselm and
Abailard. ‘ Prereq: One half course in
Philosophy, or consent.of instructor
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The later period from the 13th century. Among those considered will be: Bonaventure, Aquinas, Scotus, and Ockham.
Prereq: One half course in Philosophy or consent of instructor
Earlier period beginning with Descartes. Prereq: One half course in Philosophy
or consent of instructor
Later period including Hume and Kant. Prereq: One half course in Philosophy
or consent of instructor
The 19th century. Philosophers covered may include Hegel, Mill, Schopenhauer, James and Kierkegaard.
Prereq: One half course in Philosophy or consent of instructor
PHIL 395) W 3C 05 The Thomistic Tradition in Philosophy An examination of the work of Thomas - Aquinas, his philosophical relation to his time, the revival of Thomism in the modern era.
Prereq: One full course in Philosophy and third year standing, or consent of instructor
A series of readings and/or seminars on 1 or 2 topics or thinkers, with periodic reports and discussions.
Prereq: Consent of instructor and permission of College Discipline Coordinator
Various half courses dealing with special topics; 1 or more of these will be offered each year as announced by the Department.
Prereq: At least one half course in ethics
Philosophical analysis of central concepts in political Uieory and its relation to moral and metaphysical problems of various periods.
Prereq: At least one half course in ethics
A detailed discussion of contemporary theories.
Prereq: At least one half course in ethics
Analysis and evaluation of the
philosophical points of view that underlie
current criticism of urban life and
prevalent schemes for its reconstruction. Prereq: One half course in Philosophy
A study’ of a particular philosopher or problem. The topic will be announced in advance each year. ©
Prereq: Consent of instructor
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.
Prereq: At least one half course in formal logic, or consent of instructor
The first part of PHIL 440.
The second part of PHIL 440.
Various half courses dealing with specific topics; one or more of these will be offered each year as announced by the Department. ‘
Prereq: PHIL 240, 241, 242, 4404/4408 or PMATH 430A
Consideration of various possible views about the ultimate nature of history and historical knowledge.
Prereq: One full course equivalent in Philosophy, or consent of instructor
PHIL 450) F 3C 05 Being and Existence An advanced course for the serious student, delving into the notions Of reality, being, essence, existence, analogy, etc. The technique of linguistic analysis will be employed. Also, the very possibility of any kind of metaphysics will be discussed.
Prereq: Third year standing or consent of instructor
Studies of reality, metaphysical problems and issues. The first part ontology (nature of being) considers objects, their properties, and causation. The second part cosmology (principles of the universe) examines space, time, and motion.
The first part of PHIL 455.
The second part of PHIL 455.
Either PHIL 455A or PHIL 4558 may be taken separately.
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.
Prereq: At least one full course equivalent in Philosophy or consent of instructor.
The first part of PHIL 463.
The second part of PHIL 463.
Either PHIL 463A or PHIL 463B may be taken separately. |
An in depth study of the thoughts of a major figure such as Kierkegaard, Unamuno, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Marcel, Jaspers, Ortega y Gasset.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
Course Descriptions Philosophy
A critical examination of the issues and methods of phenomenology, including the attempts to understand the uses and ramifications of phenomenolagical methods through the working out of particular analyses. The basic writings of phenomenologists such as Husserl and Merleau-Ponty will be used.
Prereq: One full or two half courses in Philosophy, or consent of instructor
“PHIL 471-479 3C 05
Special Subjects One or more haif courses will be offered at different times, as announced by the Department.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
Advanced study of recent works or
selected areas of Philosophy. The topic
will be announced each year. Restricted to undergraduates.
PHIL 496J-497) F.W 0.5 each Special Topics/Directed Readings A series of readings and/or seminars on one or two topics or thinkers, with periodic reports and discussions. Prereq: Consent of instructor and permission of College Discipline Coordinator.
Prereq: Consent of instructor
All senior honours students attend this seminar in which a selection of major philosophical problems is discussed. They will also prepare a senior essay and discuss it with this group.
PHIL 499) Y 1.0
Tutorial and Honours Essay
Students wishing to enrol in 499 should consult the College Discipline Coordinator.
Not offered in 1984–85.
Not offered in 1984–85.
Not offered in 1984–85.
Not offered in 1984–85.
Not offered in 1984–85.
Not offered in 1984–85.
Not offered in 1984–85.