78. GREEK PHILOSOPHY
A course of two lectures per week and one tutorial class, throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
A critical study of selected texts from Plato and Aristotle.
Two essays are required of students in the course of the year.
HONOURS DEGREE C. SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY (For possible combinations with this school
see
p. 220. )1. The course for the degree with honours in the school of Philosophy comprises the following subjects:
Philosophy part I Logic
Ethics
Modem Philosophy A Greek Philosophy
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason Political Philosophy
Contemporary Philosophy Aesthetics
Philosophical. Psychology
in accordance with the details set out below, and for the ordinary degree. Candidates for the degree with honours must also take in addition either four pass subjects or two pass subjects and one honours subject.
2. In their First Year, candidates must take the honour course in Philosophy part I, together with three other subjects at pass standard, or one other subject at pass and one at honours standard; including, in either case, a language other than English.
This year is regarded as a preliminary year of general study and students who have completed it must be approved by the faculty of Arts as candidates for the degree with honours before entering the Second Year of the honour school. The professor of Philosophy will normally recommend such approval for candidates who have gained first or second class honours in Philosophy part I. Candidates who have failed to gain first or second class honours in this subject but who wish to continue in the honour school are advised to interview the professor of Philosophy, as he will be guided in his recommendation by the merits of the case.
Students who, without attempting honours, have passed in their First Year in Philosophy part I, and who at the beginning of their Second Year wish to enter the honour school, must make special application to the faculty through the sub-dean for permission to do so. The professor of Philosophy will recommend suchermission if the standard reached in Philosophy part I was sufficiently high. Such students will be required to sit for and obtain honours in the special honours paper in Philosophy part I at the end of their Second Year.
In the Second Year of the course, students shall take the courses in Modern Philosophy A, Political Philosophy ( pass ), and a special course in Logic, consisting of Logic ( pass ) and additional lectures in Symbolic Logic; together with one other subject, which shall be either History and Philosophy of Science f, or the second part of one of the additional subjects passed in the First Year. There will be an examination in the Philosophy subjects, at honours standard, at the end of this year.
In the Third Year of the course, students shall take the courses in Greek Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy part I, Aesthetics, the pass course in Ethics, and the honours course in Logic. The first four of these subjects will be examined at the end of the year, at an independent examination which will not be regarded as the first part of the final examination.
In the Fourth Year, students shall take the honours courses in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Contemporary Philosophy II, Ethics, Political Philosophy and Philo- soрhical Psychology. There will also be seminar groups in which there will be supplementary work in Logic, and a general study of selected philosophical problems.
The examination at the end of this year shall be the final honours examination.
Note: In addition to essays set for pass students in those pass courses which are prescribed for them, honours students are required to submit, during their Third and Fourth Years, three essays of about 3,000 words each, in their special capacity as honours students. Combined honours students are required to submit two such essays.
They must be handed in on the dates specified by the head of the department, and may be considered in the determination of class at the Third Year examination and the final examination respectively.
The finаl examination in the school of Philosophy shall consist of papers in the. following subjects:
1. Logic.
2. Ethics.
3. Political Philosophy.
4. Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.
5. Contemporary Philosophy part II..
6. Philosophical Psychology.
7. Essay paper.
The papers on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Contemporary Philosophy II, and Philosophical Psychology will cover in detail the work done in those courses during the Final Year. The papers in Logic, Ethics, Political Philosophy will be more general, and will be set to test the students' familiarity with each of those subjects as a whole.
The essay paper will consist of a single question chosen from a number of alternatives covering the main fields of philosophical study.
Candidates may also be required to attend an oral examination.
A combined course for the degree with honours in the school of Philosophy and the diploma of Social Studies has been approved. Details are included in the Social Studies Handbook.
77. PHILOSOP1Y PART I (Ions)
A course of one lecture per week, throughout the year, in addition to the lec- tures and tutorial for the ordinary degree.
SYLLABUS
As for the ordinary degree, together with a study of the main doctrines of Berkeley.
BOOKS
As for the ordinary degree, together with the following:
(a) Prescribed text:
*Berkeley-The Principles of human Knowledge; Three Dialogues between Ryles and Philonus. ( Both these are printed in the Everyman volume, New Theory of Vision and Other Writings.)
(b) Specially recommended for reference:
Warnock, G.—Berkeley. (Pelican.)
( c) Recommended for reference as directed in lectures:
Dawes Hicks, G. Berkeley. (Benn.)
Johnston, G. A.—The Development of Berkeley's Philosophy. (Macmillan.) Moore, G. E.—Philosophical Studies. (Kegan Paul.)
Price, H. H.—Perception. ( Methuen. )
Hume, David—Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. (O.U.P.)
Broad, C. D.—"Berkeleyy's Argument Against Material Substance", in Proceedings of the British Academy, 1942.
EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper in addition to the paper for the ordinary degree.
117. SYMBOLIC LOGIC (For Second Year honours students) A course of fifteen lectures during first and second terms.
SYLLABUS
The rudiments of modern symbolic logic.
BOОKS
(a) Prescribed textbook:
Basson, A. H., and O'Connor, D. J.—Introduction to Symbolic Logic. (3rd
ed.,
Univ. Tut. Press, 1959.)
A list of books of reference will be circulated in roneoed form at the beginning of the academic year.
EXAMINATION. One Di-hour paper.
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80. LOGIC (Ions)
One lecture-tutorial class per week for honours students in their Third Year.
SYLLABUS
As for the ordinary degree, together with a study of certain more advanced logical topics.
Books
(a) Recommended for reading or detailed reference:
Strawson, P. F.—An Introduction to Logical Theory. (Methuen.)
A list of books of reference will be circulated in roneoed. form at the beginn of the academic year.
81. ETHICS
(Ions)
One lecture-tutorial class per week for honours students in their Fourth Year.
SYLLABUS
The additional work for the honours degree will fall into two parts.
(i) The ethics of Aristotle.
(ii) The contemporary situation.
BOOKS
(a) Prescribed texts:
Aristotle—The Nicomachean Ethics. ( Trans. Ross, World's Classics.) Nowell-Smith, P. H.—Ethics. (Penguin.)
(b) Recommended for reference:
Allan, D. J.—The Philosophy of Aristotle. (0.U.P.)
Stewart, J. A.-Notes on the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle. ( О.U.Р. ) Field, G. C.—Moral Theory. (esp. Part I.) ( Methuen.)
Hare, R.